#B48231#B48231

#B48231 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.114 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48231
RGB	rgb(180, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 11.46, 49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 50.77, 76.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.0278 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.114 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3612, 25.8925, 6.4618)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48231 #3163B4

analogous

#B44031 #B48231 #A5B431

triadic

#B48231 #31B482 #8231B4

tetradic

#B48231 #31B440 #3163B4 #B431A5

square

#B48231 #31B440 #3163B4 #B431A5

split-complementary

#B48231 #31A5B4 #4031B4

monochromatic

#543D17 #845F24 #B48231 #D0A052 #DDBA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#B48231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#B48231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48231

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48231	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.114 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa66e',
    500: '#b48231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48231;
$custom-light: #cfa66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.099,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64158,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48231

secondary

#7B97C6

accent

#82E047

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48231

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

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