#B48221#B48221

#B48221 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.122 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48221
RGB	rgb(180, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(40, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, 10.79, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 56.76, 79.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% 0.0239 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.122 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0815, 25.7806, 4.9884)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48221 #2153B4

analogous

#B43921 #B48221 #9DB421

triadic

#B48221 #21B482 #8221B4

tetradic

#B48221 #21B439 #2153B4 #B4219D

square

#B48221 #21B439 #2153B4 #B4219D

split-complementary

#B48221 #219DB4 #3921B4

monochromatic

#4D370E #805D18 #B48221 #DAA338 #E4BB6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#B48221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#B48221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48221

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48221	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95840B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.122 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a665',
    500: '#b48221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48221;
$custom-light: #d0a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.592,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64041,
    "c": 0.12248,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48221

secondary

#6789CA

accent

#78EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48221

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

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