#B48638#B48638

#B48638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.110 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48638
RGB	rgb(180, 134, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, 9.61, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 48.38, 78.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.0233 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.11 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0631, 27.0411, 7.4820)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48638 #3866B4

analogous

#B44838 #B48638 #A4B438

triadic

#B48638 #38B486 #8638B4

tetradic

#B48638 #38B448 #3866B4 #B438A4

square

#B48638 #38B448 #3866B4 #B438A4

split-complementary

#B48638 #38A4B4 #4838B4

monochromatic

#57411B #856329 #B48638 #CDA35D #DBBD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#B48638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#B48638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48638

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48638	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98872F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 134, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.110 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea972',
    500: '#b48638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48638;
$custom-light: #cea972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.742,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6502,
    "c": 0.10972,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48638

secondary

#829BC5

accent

#81DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48638

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

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