#B18E48#B18E48

#B18E48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.098 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18E48
RGB	rgb(177, 142, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 59.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, 4.94, 41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 41.99, 83.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% 0.0121 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.098 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9756, 29.1627, 10.2324)
Luminance	0.2916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18E48 #486BB1

analogous

#B15A48 #B18E48 #A0B148

triadic

#B18E48 #48B18E #8E48B1

tetradic

#B18E48 #48B15A #486BB1 #B148A0

square

#B18E48 #48B15A #486BB1 #B148A0

split-complementary

#B18E48 #48A0B1 #5A48B1

monochromatic

#5A4825 #856B36 #B18E48 #C5A971 #D7C39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#B18E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#B18E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18E48

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18E48	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6974A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 142, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.098 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae7d',
    500: '#b18e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18e48;
$custom-light: #cbae7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.665,
    "c": 0.09812,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18E48

secondary

#91A2C3

accent

#7FD256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18E48

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

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