#B18C53#B18C53

#B18C53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.087 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18C53
RGB	rgb(177, 140, 83)
HSL	hsl(36, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 53.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, 6.96, 35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 36.24, 78.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% 0.0194 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.087 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0722, 28.7295, 12.1960)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18C53 #5378B1

analogous

#B15D53 #B18C53 #A7B153

triadic

#B18C53 #53B18C #8C53B1

tetradic

#B18C53 #53B15D #5378B1 #B153A7

square

#B18C53 #53B15D #5378B1 #B153A7

split-complementary

#B18C53 #53A7B1 #5D53B1

monochromatic

#5F4A2B #896B3E #B18C53 #C4A87D #D7C4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B18C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#B18C53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18C53

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18C53	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 140, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.087 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbad84',
    500: '#b18c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18c53;
$custom-light: #cbad84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.383,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66244,
    "c": 0.08721,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18C53

secondary

#9BABC5

accent

#88CE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18C53

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

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