#B48021#B48021

#B48021 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.122 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48021
RGB	rgb(180, 128, 33)
HSL	hsl(39, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(39, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 11.90, 55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 56.54, 77.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% 0.0271 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.122 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8180, 25.2537, 4.9006)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48021 #2155B4

analogous

#B43721 #B48021 #9EB421

triadic

#B48021 #21B480 #8021B4

tetradic

#B48021 #21B437 #2155B4 #B4219E

square

#B48021 #21B437 #2155B4 #B4219E

split-complementary

#B48021 #219EB4 #3721B4

monochromatic

#4D360E #805B18 #B48021 #DAA138 #E4B96B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#B48021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#B48021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48021

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48021	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93820C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 128, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.122 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a465',
    500: '#b48021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48021;
$custom-light: #d0a465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.776,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63645,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48021

secondary

#678ACA

accent

#7AEC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48021

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

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