#B18C2B#B18C2B

#B18C2B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.119 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18C2B
RGB	rgb(177, 140, 43)
HSL	hsl(43, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 75.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, 4.29, 54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 54.21, 85.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0065 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.119 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9473, 28.2796, 6.2716)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18C2B #2B50B1

analogous

#B1492B #B18C2B #93B12B

triadic

#B18C2B #2BB18C #8C2BB1

tetradic

#B18C2B #2BB149 #2B50B1 #B12B93

square

#B18C2B #2BB149 #2B50B1 #B12B93

split-complementary

#B18C2B #2B93B1 #492BB1

monochromatic

#4F3E13 #80651F #B18C2B #D2AC47 #DEC278

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B18C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#B18C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18C2B

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18C2B	1.00	3.16	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 140, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.119 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdad6b',
    500: '#b18c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18c2b;
$custom-light: #cdad6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.433,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.658,
    "c": 0.11908,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18C2B

secondary

#7289C6

accent

#70E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18C2B

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

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