#B18D49#B18D49

#B18D49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.097 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18D49
RGB	rgb(177, 141, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(39, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 58.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, 5.57, 40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 41.28, 82.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% 0.014 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.097 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8604, 28.8797, 10.3563)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18D49 #496DB1

analogous

#B15949 #B18D49 #A1B149

triadic

#B18D49 #49B18D #8D49B1

tetradic

#B18D49 #49B159 #496DB1 #B149A1

square

#B18D49 #49B159 #496DB1 #B149A1

split-complementary

#B18D49 #49A1B1 #5949B1

monochromatic

#5A4825 #866A37 #B18D49 #C5A872 #D7C39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B18D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#B18D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18D49

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18D49	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5964B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 141, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.097 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae7e',
    500: '#b18d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18d49;
$custom-light: #cbae7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.231,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66308,
    "c": 0.09679,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18D49

secondary

#92A3C3

accent

#81D156

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18D49

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

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