#B46538#B46538

#B46538 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.118 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B46538
RGB	rgb(180, 101, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(22, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, 27.93, 38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 47.70, 54.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% 0.0778 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.118 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1919, 19.2988, 6.1916)
Luminance	0.1930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B46538 #3887B4

analogous

#B43849 #B46538 #B4A338

triadic

#B46538 #38B465 #6538B4

tetradic

#B46538 #49B438 #3887B4 #A338B4

square

#B46538 #49B438 #3887B4 #A338B4

split-complementary

#B46538 #38B4A3 #3849B4

monochromatic

#57311B #854B29 #B46538 #CD855D #DBA88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#B46538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#B46538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B46538

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B46538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B46538	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5555B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b46538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 101, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.118 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09270',
    500: '#b46538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b46538;
$custom-light: #d09270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b46538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.774,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5883,
    "c": 0.11783,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B46538

secondary

#82ADC5

accent

#A8DC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B46538

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

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