#B48138#B48138

#B48138 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.109 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48138
RGB	rgb(180, 129, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, 12.39, 46.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 47.69, 74.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% 0.0315 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.109 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3883, 25.6915, 7.2571)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48138 #386BB4

analogous

#B44338 #B48138 #A9B438

triadic

#B48138 #38B481 #8138B4

tetradic

#B48138 #38B443 #386BB4 #B438A9

square

#B48138 #38B443 #386BB4 #B438A9

split-complementary

#B48138 #38A9B4 #4338B4

monochromatic

#573E1B #856029 #B48138 #CD9F5D #DBBA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B48138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#B48138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48138

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48138	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 129, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.109 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa572',
    500: '#b48138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48138;
$custom-light: #cfa572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.323,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64028,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48138

secondary

#829EC5

accent

#87DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48138

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

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