#B18C28#B18C28

#B18C28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.121 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18C28
RGB	rgb(177, 140, 40)
HSL	hsl(44, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(44, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 77.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, 4.16, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 55.33, 85.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% 0.0058 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.121 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8943, 28.2584, 5.9923)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18C28 #284DB1

analogous

#B14828 #B18C28 #91B128

triadic

#B18C28 #28B18C #8C28B1

tetradic

#B18C28 #28B148 #284DB1 #B12891

square

#B18C28 #28B148 #284DB1 #B12891

split-complementary

#B18C28 #2891B1 #4828B1

monochromatic

#4D3D11 #7F651D #B18C28 #D4AD42 #E0C274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B18C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#B18C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18C28

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18C28	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)

#9D8B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 140, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.121 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdad6a',
    500: '#b18c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18c28;
$custom-light: #cdad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.796,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65779,
    "c": 0.12081,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18C28

secondary

#6E86C7

accent

#6EE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18C28

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

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