#B48256#B48256

#B48256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.086 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48256
RGB	rgb(180, 130, 86)
HSL	hsl(28, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(28, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 52.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, 14.09, 31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 34.32, 65.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% 0.0407 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.086 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4862, 26.3425, 12.3866)
Luminance	0.2634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48256 #5688B4

analogous

#B45659 #B48256 #B4B156

triadic

#B48256 #56B482 #8256B4

tetradic

#B48256 #59B456 #5688B4 #B156B4

square

#B48256 #59B456 #5688B4 #B156B4

split-complementary

#B48256 #56B4B1 #5659B4

monochromatic

#63462C #8E643F #B48256 #C7A180 #DAC1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#B48256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#B48256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48256

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48256	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 130, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.086 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda686',
    500: '#b48256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48256;
$custom-light: #cda686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.085,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64628,
    "c": 0.08589,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48256

secondary

#9EB4C7

accent

#98CE59

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#140F0B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48256

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

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