#B48438#B48438

#B48438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.109 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48438
RGB	rgb(180, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, 10.72, 46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 48.08, 77.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% 0.0266 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.109 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7892, 26.4935, 7.3908)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48438 #3868B4

analogous

#B44638 #B48438 #A6B438

triadic

#B48438 #38B484 #8438B4

tetradic

#B48438 #38B446 #3868B4 #B438A6

square

#B48438 #38B446 #3868B4 #B438A6

split-complementary

#B48438 #38A6B4 #4638B4

monochromatic

#57401B #856229 #B48438 #CDA15D #DBBC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B48438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#B48438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48438

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48438	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.109 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea772',
    500: '#b48438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48438;
$custom-light: #cea772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.774,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64621,
    "c": 0.10933,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48438

secondary

#829CC5

accent

#84DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48438

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

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