#B48521#B48521

#B48521 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.123 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48521
RGB	rgb(180, 133, 33)
HSL	hsl(41, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, 9.12, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 57.14, 80.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.0191 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.123 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4864, 26.5903, 5.1233)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48521 #2150B4

analogous

#B43B21 #B48521 #9AB421

triadic

#B48521 #21B485 #8521B4

tetradic

#B48521 #21B43B #2150B4 #B4219A

square

#B48521 #21B43B #2150B4 #B4219A

split-complementary

#B48521 #219AB4 #3B21B4

monochromatic

#4D390E #805F18 #B48521 #DAA638 #E4BD6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#B48521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#B48521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48521

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48521	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98860A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 133, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.123 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa866',
    500: '#b48521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48521;
$custom-light: #cfa866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.816,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6464,
    "c": 0.12309,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48521

secondary

#6787CA

accent

#74EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48521

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

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