#B18C4E#B18C4E

#B18C4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.092 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18C4E
RGB	rgb(177, 140, 78)
HSL	hsl(38, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 55.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, 6.53, 38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 38.66, 80.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% 0.0175 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.092 79)
XYZ	xyz(28.8861, 28.6551, 11.2158)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18C4E #4E73B1

analogous

#B15A4E #B18C4E #A5B14E

triadic

#B18C4E #4EB18C #8C4EB1

tetradic

#B18C4E #4EB15A #4E73B1 #B14EA5

square

#B18C4E #4EB15A #4E73B1 #B14EA5

split-complementary

#B18C4E #4EA5B1 #5A4EB1

monochromatic

#5C4929 #876A3B #B18C4E #C4A878 #D6C3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#B18C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#B18C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18C4E

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18C4E	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 140, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.092 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbad81',
    500: '#b18c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18c4e;
$custom-light: #cbad81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.576,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66171,
    "c": 0.09186,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.28653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18C4E

secondary

#97A8C4

accent

#85CF59

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18C4E

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

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