#B18B48#B18B48

#B18B48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.097 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18B48
RGB	rgb(177, 139, 72)
HSL	hsl(38, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 59.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, 6.60, 40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 41.32, 80.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% 0.0169 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.097 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5352, 28.2820, 10.0856)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18B48 #486EB1

analogous

#B15748 #B18B48 #A3B148

triadic

#B18B48 #48B18B #8B48B1

tetradic

#B18B48 #48B157 #486EB1 #B148A3

square

#B18B48 #48B157 #486EB1 #B148A3

split-complementary

#B18B48 #48A3B1 #5748B1

monochromatic

#5A4725 #856936 #B18B48 #C5A771 #D7C29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B18B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#B18B48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18B48

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18B48	1.00	3.16	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4954A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 139, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.097 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbac7d',
    500: '#b18b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18b48;
$custom-light: #cbac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.286,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65886,
    "c": 0.0969,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18B48

secondary

#91A4C3

accent

#83D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18B48

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

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