#B18D23#B18D23

#B18D23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.124 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18D23
RGB	rgb(177, 141, 35)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, 3.42, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 57.28, 86.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% 0.0031 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.124 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9614, 28.5201, 5.6220)
Luminance	0.2852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18D23 #2347B1

analogous

#B14623 #B18D23 #8EB123

triadic

#B18D23 #23B18D #8D23B1

tetradic

#B18D23 #23B146 #2347B1 #B1238E

square

#B18D23 #23B146 #2347B1 #B1238E

split-complementary

#B18D23 #238EB1 #4623B1

monochromatic

#4B3C0F #7E6419 #B18D23 #D8B039 #E2C46C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B18D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#B18D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18D23

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18D23	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 141, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.124 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae67',
    500: '#b18d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18d23;
$custom-light: #cdae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.789,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65954,
    "c": 0.12393,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18D23

secondary

#6880C8

accent

#6AEA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18D23

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

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