#B48522#B48522

#B48522 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.123 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48522
RGB	rgb(180, 133, 34)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 81.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, 9.16, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 56.81, 80.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% 0.0193 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.123 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5006, 26.5960, 5.1982)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48522 #2251B4

analogous

#B43C22 #B48522 #9AB422

triadic

#B48522 #22B485 #8522B4

tetradic

#B48522 #22B43C #2251B4 #B4229A

square

#B48522 #22B43C #2251B4 #B4229A

split-complementary

#B48522 #229AB4 #3C22B4

monochromatic

#4D390F #815F18 #B48522 #DAA63A #E3BD6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#B48522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#B48522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48522

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48522	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)

#98860C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 133, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.123 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa866',
    500: '#b48522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48522;
$custom-light: #cfa866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.685,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64645,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48522

secondary

#6888CA

accent

#75EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48522

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

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