#B48017#B48017

#B48017 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.126 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48017
RGB	rgb(180, 128, 23)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(40, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.28, 11.61, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.28, 59.53, 78.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% 0.0254 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.126 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6982, 25.2058, 4.2695)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48017 #174BB4

analogous

#B43117 #B48017 #9AB417

triadic

#B48017 #17B480 #8017B4

tetradic

#B48017 #17B431 #174BB4 #B4179A

square

#B48017 #17B431 #174BB4 #B4179A

split-complementary

#B48017 #179AB4 #3117B4

monochromatic

#473309 #7E5910 #B48017 #E3A425 #EABB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#B48017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#B48017 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48017

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48017	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 128, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.126 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a461',
    500: '#b48017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48017;
$custom-light: #d0a461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.127,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63594,
    "c": 0.12618,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48017

secondary

#5980CE

accent

#74F434

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F05

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48017

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

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