#B48427#B48427

#B48427 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.120 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48427
RGB	rgb(180, 132, 39)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 78.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, 9.90, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 54.92, 79.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% 0.022 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.12 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4418, 26.3545, 5.5607)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48427 #2757B4

analogous

#B43D27 #B48427 #9EB427

triadic

#B48427 #27B484 #8427B4

tetradic

#B48427 #27B43D #2757B4 #B4279E

square

#B48427 #27B43D #2757B4 #B4279E

split-complementary

#B48427 #279EB4 #3D27B4

monochromatic

#4F3A11 #825F1C #B48427 #D6A442 #E1BC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#B48427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#B48427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48427

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48427	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)

#978517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 132, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.120 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa768',
    500: '#b48427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48427;
$custom-light: #cfa768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.574,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64477,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48427

secondary

#6F8DC8

accent

#79E740

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48427

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

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