#B48531#B48531

#B48531 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.114 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48531
RGB	rgb(180, 133, 49)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, 9.79, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 51.18, 78.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% 0.0229 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.114 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7661, 26.7022, 6.5968)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48531 #3160B4

analogous

#B44331 #B48531 #A2B431

triadic

#B48531 #31B485 #8531B4

tetradic

#B48531 #31B443 #3160B4 #B431A2

square

#B48531 #31B443 #3160B4 #B431A2

split-complementary

#B48531 #31A2B4 #4331B4

monochromatic

#543E17 #846124 #B48531 #D0A352 #DDBD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#B48531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#B48531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48531

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48531	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 133, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.114 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa86e',
    500: '#b48531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48531;
$custom-light: #cfa86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.473,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64755,
    "c": 0.11423,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48531

secondary

#7B96C6

accent

#7EE047

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48531

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

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