#B18B59#B18B59

#B18B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.081 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18B59
RGB	rgb(177, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 8.08, 32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 33.14, 75.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% 0.0234 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.081 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1685, 28.5353, 13.4208)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18B59 #597FB1

analogous

#B15F59 #B18B59 #ABB159

triadic

#B18B59 #59B18B #8B59B1

tetradic

#B18B59 #59B15F #597FB1 #B159AB

square

#B18B59 #59B15F #597FB1 #B159AB

split-complementary

#B18B59 #59ABB1 #5F59B1

monochromatic

#624B2E #8B6B41 #B18B59 #C5A883 #D8C5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B18B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#B18B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18B59

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18B59	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2955A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.081 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac89',
    500: '#b18b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18b59;
$custom-light: #caac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.091,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66137,
    "c": 0.08124,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18B59

secondary

#A0B0C6

accent

#8CCC5C

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4F0

border

#D2CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18B59

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

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