#B18C38#B18C38

#B18C38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.110 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18C38
RGB	rgb(177, 140, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, 4.96, 48.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 48.87, 84.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% 0.01 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.11 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2250, 28.3907, 7.7339)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18C38 #385DB1

analogous

#B14F38 #B18C38 #99B138

triadic

#B18C38 #38B18C #8C38B1

tetradic

#B18C38 #38B14F #385DB1 #B13899

square

#B18C38 #38B14F #385DB1 #B13899

split-complementary

#B18C38 #3899B1 #4F38B1

monochromatic

#54421B #836729 #B18C38 #CBA95B #DAC18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#B18C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#B18C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18C38

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18C38	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 140, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.110 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccad73',
    500: '#b18c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18c38;
$custom-light: #ccad73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.653,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6591,
    "c": 0.11034,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18C38

secondary

#8195C4

accent

#78DB4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18C38

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

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