#B18E59#B18E59

#B18E59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.082 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18E59
RGB	rgb(177, 142, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(36, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, 6.42, 33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 33.73, 79.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% 0.0185 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.082 77)
XYZ	xyz(29.6088, 29.4160, 13.5676)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18E59 #597CB1

analogous

#B16259 #B18E59 #A8B159

triadic

#B18E59 #59B18E #8E59B1

tetradic

#B18E59 #59B162 #597CB1 #B159A8

square

#B18E59 #59B162 #597CB1 #B159A8

split-complementary

#B18E59 #59A8B1 #6259B1

monochromatic

#624D2E #8B6E41 #B18E59 #C5AA83 #D8C7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#B18E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#B18E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18E59

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18E59	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4975A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 142, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.082 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaf89',
    500: '#b18e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18e59;
$custom-light: #caaf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.136,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66746,
    "c": 0.08212,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.29414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18E59

secondary

#A0AFC6

accent

#88CC5C

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4F0

border

#D2CECB

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18E59

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

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