#B48621#B48621

#B48621 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.123 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48621
RGB	rgb(180, 134, 33)
HSL	hsl(41, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, 8.57, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 57.28, 81.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.0175 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.123 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6239, 26.8654, 5.1692)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48621 #214FB4

analogous

#B43C21 #B48621 #99B421

triadic

#B48621 #21B486 #8621B4

tetradic

#B48621 #21B43C #214FB4 #B42199

square

#B48621 #21B43C #214FB4 #B42199

split-complementary

#B48621 #2199B4 #3C21B4

monochromatic

#4D390E #805F18 #B48621 #DAA838 #E4BE6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#B48621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#B48621 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48621

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48621	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)

#998709

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 134, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.123 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa866',
    500: '#b48621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48621;
$custom-light: #cfa866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.224,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64841,
    "c": 0.12334,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48621

secondary

#6786CA

accent

#73EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48621

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

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