#B48321#B48321

#B48321 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.123 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48321
RGB	rgb(180, 131, 33)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(40, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 10.23, 55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 56.88, 79.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.0223 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.123 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2151, 26.0479, 5.0329)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48321 #2152B4

analogous

#B43A21 #B48321 #9CB421

triadic

#B48321 #21B483 #8321B4

tetradic

#B48321 #21B43A #2152B4 #B4219C

square

#B48321 #21B43A #2152B4 #B4219C

split-complementary

#B48321 #219CB4 #3A21B4

monochromatic

#4D380E #805D18 #B48321 #DAA438 #E4BC6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#B48321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#B48321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48321

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48321	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96840B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 131, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.123 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a665',
    500: '#b48321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48321;
$custom-light: #d0a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6424,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48321

secondary

#6788CA

accent

#77EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48321

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

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