#B48237#B48237

#B48237 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.110 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48237
RGB	rgb(180, 130, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, 11.78, 46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 48.25, 75.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.0296 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.11 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4964, 25.9466, 7.1737)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48237 #3769B4

analogous

#B44337 #B48237 #A7B437

triadic

#B48237 #37B482 #8237B4

tetradic

#B48237 #37B443 #3769B4 #B437A7

square

#B48237 #37B443 #3769B4 #B437A7

split-complementary

#B48237 #37A7B4 #4337B4

monochromatic

#563E1A #856029 #B48237 #CD9F5B #DBBB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#B48237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#B48237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48237

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48237	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94842E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 130, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.110 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa671',
    500: '#b48237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48237;
$custom-light: #cfa671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64215,
    "c": 0.10975,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48237

secondary

#819DC6

accent

#85DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48237

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

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