#B18E52#B18E52

#B18E52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.089 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18E52
RGB	rgb(177, 142, 82)
HSL	hsl(38, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 53.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, 5.77, 36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 37.16, 81.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% 0.0158 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.089 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3288, 29.3040, 12.0925)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18E52 #5275B1

analogous

#B15E52 #B18E52 #A4B152

triadic

#B18E52 #52B18E #8E52B1

tetradic

#B18E52 #52B15E #5275B1 #B152A4

square

#B18E52 #52B15E #5275B1 #B152A4

split-complementary

#B18E52 #52A4B1 #5E52B1

monochromatic

#5E4B2A #886D3D #B18E52 #C4AA7C #D7C5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#B18E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#B18E52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18E52

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18E52	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8E4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 142, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.089 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae84',
    500: '#b18e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18e52;
$custom-light: #cbae84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66637,
    "c": 0.08889,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18E52

secondary

#9AAAC4

accent

#85CE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18E52

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

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