#B48538#B48538

#B48538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.110 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48538
RGB	rgb(180, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, 10.17, 47.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 48.22, 77.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% 0.025 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.11 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9255, 26.7660, 7.4362)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48538 #3867B4

analogous

#B44738 #B48538 #A5B438

triadic

#B48538 #38B485 #8538B4

tetradic

#B48538 #38B447 #3867B4 #B438A5

square

#B48538 #38B447 #3867B4 #B438A5

split-complementary

#B48538 #38A5B4 #4738B4

monochromatic

#57401B #856329 #B48538 #CDA25D #DBBD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#B48538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#B48538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48538

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48538	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.110 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea872',
    500: '#b48538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48538;
$custom-light: #cea872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.258,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6482,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48538

secondary

#829CC5

accent

#82DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48538

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

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