#B48540#B48540

#B48540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.104 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48540
RGB	rgb(180, 133, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, 10.67, 43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 44.67, 76.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% 0.0276 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.104 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1370, 26.8506, 8.5502)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48540 #406FB4

analogous

#B44B40 #B48540 #A9B440

triadic

#B48540 #40B485 #8540B4

tetradic

#B48540 #40B44B #406FB4 #B440A9

square

#B48540 #40B44B #406FB4 #B440A9

split-complementary

#B48540 #40A9B4 #4B40B4

monochromatic

#5A4220 #876430 #B48540 #C9A268 #D9BE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#B48540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#B48540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48540

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48540	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 133, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.104 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea877',
    500: '#b48540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48540;
$custom-light: #cea877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.69,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64907,
    "c": 0.10361,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48540

secondary

#8BA2C5

accent

#87D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48540

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

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