#B18B38#B18B38

#B18B38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.110 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18B38
RGB	rgb(177, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, 5.51, 48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 48.66, 83.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.0116 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.11 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0795, 28.0997, 7.6855)
Luminance	0.2810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18B38 #385EB1

analogous

#B14E38 #B18B38 #9AB138

triadic

#B18B38 #38B18B #8B38B1

tetradic

#B18B38 #38B14E #385EB1 #B1389A

square

#B18B38 #38B14E #385EB1 #B1389A

split-complementary

#B18B38 #389AB1 #4E38B1

monochromatic

#54421B #836629 #B18B38 #CBA85B #DAC18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B18B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#B18B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18B38

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18B38	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.110 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccac73',
    500: '#b18b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18b38;
$custom-light: #ccac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.157,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65704,
    "c": 0.10991,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18B38

secondary

#8196C4

accent

#79DB4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18B38

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

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