#B46E38#B46E38

#B46E38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.113 H 56.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B46E38
RGB	rgb(180, 110, 56)
HSL	hsl(26, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(26, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.9%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, 22.98, 40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 46.99, 60.73°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% 0.0629 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.113 56.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1141, 21.1432, 6.4990)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B46E38 #387EB4

analogous

#B43840 #B46E38 #B4AC38

triadic

#B46E38 #38B46E #6E38B4

tetradic

#B46E38 #40B438 #387EB4 #AC38B4

square

#B46E38 #40B438 #387EB4 #AC38B4

split-complementary

#B46E38 #38B4AC #3840B4

monochromatic

#57351B #855129 #B46E38 #CD8D5D #DBAE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#B46E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#B46E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B46E38

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B46E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B46E38	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b46e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 110, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.113 56.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9871',
    500: '#b46e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b46e38;
$custom-light: #cf9871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b46e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.129,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60425,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 56.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B46E38

secondary

#82A8C5

accent

#9DDC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B46E38

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

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