#B48518#B48518

#B48518 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.127 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48518
RGB	rgb(180, 133, 24)
HSL	hsl(42, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, 8.86, 59.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 59.81, 81.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% 0.0175 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.127 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3767, 26.5465, 4.5461)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48518 #1847B4

analogous

#B43718 #B48518 #95B418

triadic

#B48518 #18B485 #8518B4

tetradic

#B48518 #18B437 #1847B4 #B41895

square

#B48518 #18B437 #1847B4 #B41895

split-complementary

#B48518 #1895B4 #3718B4

monochromatic

#48350A #7E5D11 #B48518 #E2AA27 #E9BF5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B48518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#B48518 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48518

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48518	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3921F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 133, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.127 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a862',
    500: '#b48518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48518;
$custom-light: #d0a862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.923,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64594,
    "c": 0.12678,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48518

secondary

#5B7DCD

accent

#6EF335

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48518

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

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