#B18E36#B18E36

#B18E36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.113 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18E36
RGB	rgb(177, 142, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 69.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, 3.74, 50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 50.19, 85.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% 0.0062 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.113 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4719, 28.9613, 7.5798)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18E36 #3659B1

analogous

#B15036 #B18E36 #96B136

triadic

#B18E36 #36B18E #8E36B1

tetradic

#B18E36 #36B150 #3659B1 #B13696

square

#B18E36 #36B150 #3659B1 #B13696

split-complementary

#B18E36 #3696B1 #5036B1

monochromatic

#534319 #826828 #B18E36 #CCAB58 #DAC387

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#B18E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#B18E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18E36

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18E36	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7963A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 142, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.113 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccae72',
    500: '#b18e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18e36;
$custom-light: #ccae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.927,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66303,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18E36

secondary

#7F92C4

accent

#75DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18E36

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

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