#B18B53#B18B53

#B18B53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.087 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18B53
RGB	rgb(177, 139, 83)
HSL	hsl(36, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 53.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, 7.52, 35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 36.03, 77.96°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% 0.021 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.087 76)
XYZ	xyz(28.9267, 28.4386, 12.1475)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18B53 #5379B1

analogous

#B15C53 #B18B53 #A8B153

triadic

#B18B53 #53B18B #8B53B1

tetradic

#B18B53 #53B15C #5379B1 #B153A8

square

#B18B53 #53B15C #5379B1 #B153A8

split-complementary

#B18B53 #53A8B1 #5C53B1

monochromatic

#5F4A2B #896B3E #B18B53 #C4A77D #D7C4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#B18B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#B18B53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18B53

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18B53	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 139, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.087 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbac84',
    500: '#b18b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18b53;
$custom-light: #cbac84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.745,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66041,
    "c": 0.08689,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.28437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18B53

secondary

#9BACC5

accent

#89CE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18B53

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

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