#B18D53#B18D53

#B18D53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.088 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18D53
RGB	rgb(177, 141, 83)
HSL	hsl(37, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 53.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, 6.41, 35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 36.45, 79.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% 0.0178 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.088 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2190, 29.0231, 12.2449)
Luminance	0.2902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18D53 #5377B1

analogous

#B15E53 #B18D53 #A6B153

triadic

#B18D53 #53B18D #8D53B1

tetradic

#B18D53 #53B15E #5377B1 #B153A6

square

#B18D53 #53B15E #5377B1 #B153A6

split-complementary

#B18D53 #53A6B1 #5E53B1

monochromatic

#5F4B2B #896C3E #B18D53 #C4A97D #D7C5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#B18D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#B18D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18D53

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18D53	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 141, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.088 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae84',
    500: '#b18d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18d53;
$custom-light: #cbae84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.021,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66448,
    "c": 0.08755,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18D53

secondary

#9BABC5

accent

#86CE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18D53

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

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