#B18B31#B18B31

#B18B31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.115 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18B31
RGB	rgb(177, 139, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 72.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, 5.13, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 51.63, 84.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% 0.0096 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.115 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9201, 28.0360, 6.8461)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18B31 #3157B1

analogous

#B14B31 #B18B31 #97B131

triadic

#B18B31 #31B18B #8B31B1

tetradic

#B18B31 #31B14B #3157B1 #B13197

square

#B18B31 #31B14B #3157B1 #B13197

split-complementary

#B18B31 #3197B1 #4B31B1

monochromatic

#514016 #816524 #B18B31 #CFA951 #DCC180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B18B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#B18B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18B31

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18B31	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 139, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.115 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccac6f',
    500: '#b18b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18b31;
$custom-light: #ccac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.188,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65641,
    "c": 0.11484,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18B31

secondary

#798FC5

accent

#75E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18B31

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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