#B18B49#B18B49

#B18B49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.096 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18B49
RGB	rgb(177, 139, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 58.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, 6.68, 40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 40.84, 80.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% 0.0173 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.096 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5681, 28.2952, 10.2589)
Luminance	0.2829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18B49 #496FB1

analogous

#B15749 #B18B49 #A3B149

triadic

#B18B49 #49B18B #8B49B1

tetradic

#B18B49 #49B157 #496FB1 #B149A3

square

#B18B49 #49B157 #496FB1 #B149A3

split-complementary

#B18B49 #49A3B1 #5749B1

monochromatic

#5A4725 #866937 #B18B49 #C5A772 #D7C29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#B18B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#B18B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18B49

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18B49	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	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)

#9A8B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 139, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.096 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbac7e',
    500: '#b18b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18b49;
$custom-light: #cbac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.077,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65899,
    "c": 0.09602,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18B49

secondary

#92A4C3

accent

#83D156

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18B49

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

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