#B18C1F#B18C1F

#B18C1F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.125 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18C1F
RGB	rgb(177, 140, 31)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 82.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, 3.83, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 58.36, 86.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.0039 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.125 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7586, 28.2041, 5.2780)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18C1F #1F44B1

analogous

#B1431F #B18C1F #8DB11F

triadic

#B18C1F #1FB18C #8C1FB1

tetradic

#B18C1F #1FB143 #1F44B1 #B11F8D

square

#B18C1F #1FB143 #1F44B1 #B11F8D

split-complementary

#B18C1F #1F8DB1 #431FB1

monochromatic

#493A0D #7D6316 #B18C1F #DBB032 #E4C466

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B18C1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#B18C1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18C1F

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18C1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18C1F	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18c1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 140, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.125 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdad65',
    500: '#b18c1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18c1f;
$custom-light: #cdad65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18c1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.795,
    "s": 70.192,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65725,
    "c": 0.12537,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18C1F

secondary

#627CCA

accent

#68ED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18C1F

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

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