#B18D48#B18D48

#B18D48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.098 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18D48
RGB	rgb(177, 141, 72)
HSL	hsl(39, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(39, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 59.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, 5.49, 41.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 41.76, 82.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% 0.0137 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.098 82)
XYZ	xyz(28.8275, 28.8665, 10.1831)
Luminance	0.2887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18D48 #486CB1

analogous

#B15948 #B18D48 #A1B148

triadic

#B18D48 #48B18D #8D48B1

tetradic

#B18D48 #48B159 #486CB1 #B148A1

square

#B18D48 #48B159 #486CB1 #B148A1

split-complementary

#B18D48 #48A1B1 #5948B1

monochromatic

#5A4825 #856A36 #B18D48 #C5A871 #D7C39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B18D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#B18D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18D48

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18D48	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5964A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 141, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.098 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae7d',
    500: '#b18d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18d48;
$custom-light: #cbae7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.429,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66295,
    "c": 0.09769,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.28865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18D48

secondary

#91A3C3

accent

#80D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18D48

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

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