#B18C35#B18C35

#B18C35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.113 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18C35
RGB	rgb(177, 140, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 70.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, 4.79, 49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 50.17, 84.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.0091 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.113 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1538, 28.3622, 7.3591)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18C35 #355AB1

analogous

#B14E35 #B18C35 #98B135

triadic

#B18C35 #35B18C #8C35B1

tetradic

#B18C35 #35B14E #355AB1 #B13598

square

#B18C35 #35B14E #355AB1 #B13598

split-complementary

#B18C35 #3598B1 #4E35B1

monochromatic

#534119 #826727 #B18C35 #CDA957 #DBC186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#B18C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#B18C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18C35

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18C35	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 140, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.113 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccad71',
    500: '#b18c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18c35;
$custom-light: #ccad71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.097,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65882,
    "c": 0.11252,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18C35

secondary

#7D93C4

accent

#76DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18C35

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

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