#B48238#B48238

#B48238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.109 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48238
RGB	rgb(180, 130, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, 11.84, 46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 47.81, 75.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.0299 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.109 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5206, 25.9562, 7.3012)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48238 #386AB4

analogous

#B44438 #B48238 #A8B438

triadic

#B48238 #38B482 #8238B4

tetradic

#B48238 #38B444 #386AB4 #B438A8

square

#B48238 #38B444 #386AB4 #B438A8

split-complementary

#B48238 #38A8B4 #4438B4

monochromatic

#573F1B #856029 #B48238 #CD9F5D #DBBB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#B48238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#B48238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48238

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48238	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)

#948430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 130, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.109 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa672',
    500: '#b48238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48238;
$custom-light: #cfa672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.806,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64225,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48238

secondary

#829DC5

accent

#86DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48238

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

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