#B18D38#B18D38

#B18D38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.111 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18D38
RGB	rgb(177, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, 4.41, 48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 49.10, 84.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% 0.0084 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.111 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3717, 28.6842, 7.7829)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18D38 #385CB1

analogous

#B15138 #B18D38 #98B138

triadic

#B18D38 #38B18D #8D38B1

tetradic

#B18D38 #38B151 #385CB1 #B13898

square

#B18D38 #38B151 #385CB1 #B13898

split-complementary

#B18D38 #3898B1 #5138B1

monochromatic

#54431B #836829 #B18D38 #CBAA5B #DAC28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#B18D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#B18D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18D38

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18D38	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.111 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccae73',
    500: '#b18d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18d38;
$custom-light: #ccae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.149,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66116,
    "c": 0.11079,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18D38

secondary

#8195C4

accent

#77DB4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18D38

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

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