#B18E42#B18E42

#B18E42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.103 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18E42
RGB	rgb(177, 142, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 4.50, 44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 44.82, 84.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% 0.01 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.103 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7893, 29.0882, 9.2514)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18E42 #4265B1

analogous

#B15642 #B18E42 #9CB142

triadic

#B18E42 #42B18E #8E42B1

tetradic

#B18E42 #42B156 #4265B1 #B1429C

square

#B18E42 #42B156 #4265B1 #B1429C

split-complementary

#B18E42 #429CB1 #5642B1

monochromatic

#584621 #846A31 #B18E42 #C7A969 #D8C396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B18E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#B18E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18E42

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18E42	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF837D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 142, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.103 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae79',
    500: '#b18e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18e42;
$custom-light: #cbae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.081,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66427,
    "c": 0.10332,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18E42

secondary

#8B9DC3

accent

#7CD552

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18E42

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

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