#B18C23#B18C23

#B18C23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.123 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18C23
RGB	rgb(177, 140, 35)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, 3.97, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 57.08, 86.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% 0.0047 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.123 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8147, 28.2265, 5.5731)
Luminance	0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18C23 #2348B1

analogous

#B14523 #B18C23 #8FB123

triadic

#B18C23 #23B18C #8C23B1

tetradic

#B18C23 #23B145 #2348B1 #B1238F

square

#B18C23 #23B145 #2348B1 #B1238F

split-complementary

#B18C23 #238FB1 #4523B1

monochromatic

#4B3B0F #7E6419 #B18C23 #D8AF39 #E2C36C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B18C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#B18C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18C23

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18C23	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 140, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.123 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdad67',
    500: '#b18c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18c23;
$custom-light: #cdad67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.366,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65747,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18C23

secondary

#6881C8

accent

#6BEA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18C23

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

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