#B48421#B48421

#B48421 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.123 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48421
RGB	rgb(180, 132, 33)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(40, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, 9.68, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 57.01, 80.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% 0.0207 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.123 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3501, 26.3178, 5.0779)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48421 #2151B4

analogous

#B43B21 #B48421 #9BB421

triadic

#B48421 #21B484 #8421B4

tetradic

#B48421 #21B43B #2151B4 #B4219B

square

#B48421 #21B43B #2151B4 #B4219B

split-complementary

#B48421 #219BB4 #3B21B4

monochromatic

#4D380E #805E18 #B48421 #DAA538 #E4BD6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#B48421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#B48421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48421

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48421	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97850A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 132, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.123 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a765',
    500: '#b48421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48421;
$custom-light: #d0a765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.408,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64439,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48421

secondary

#6787CA

accent

#75EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48421

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

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