#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
RGBrgb(180, 133, 33)
HSLhsl(41, 69%, 42%)
HSVhsv(41, 82%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 26.1%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(58.59, 9.12, 56.41)
CIE-LCHlch(58.59, 57.14, 80.81°)
OKLaboklab(64.64% 0.0191 0.1216)
OKLCHoklch(64.64% 0.123 81.1)
XYZxyz(27.4864, 26.5903, 5.1233)
Luminance0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##B485211.003.326.326.32
#FFFFFF3.321.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3221.001.001.00
##0000006.3221.001.001.00

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

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#B48521 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva