#B48040#B48040

#B48040 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.103 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48040
RGB	rgb(180, 128, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, 13.45, 41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 44.06, 72.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.0357 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.103 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4687, 25.5140, 8.3275)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48040 #4074B4

analogous

#B44640 #B48040 #AEB440

triadic

#B48040 #40B480 #8040B4

tetradic

#B48040 #40B446 #4074B4 #B440AE

square

#B48040 #40B446 #4074B4 #B440AE

split-complementary

#B48040 #40AEB4 #4640B4

monochromatic

#5A4020 #876030 #B48040 #C99E68 #D9BB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#B48040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#B48040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48040

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48040	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92833A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 128, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.103 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea477',
    500: '#b48040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48040;
$custom-light: #cea477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.103,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63921,
    "c": 0.1032,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48040

secondary

#8BA5C5

accent

#8DD751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48040

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

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