#B48649#B48649

#B48649 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.097 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48649
RGB	rgb(180, 134, 73)
HSL	hsl(34, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 10.76, 39.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 40.69, 74.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.0291 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.097 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5517, 27.2366, 10.0554)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48649 #4977B4

analogous

#B45149 #B48649 #ACB449

triadic

#B48649 #49B486 #8649B4

tetradic

#B48649 #49B451 #4977B4 #B449AC

square

#B48649 #49B451 #4977B4 #B449AC

split-complementary

#B48649 #49ACB4 #5149B4

monochromatic

#5D4526 #886637 #B48649 #C7A374 #D8C09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B48649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#B48649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48649

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48649	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 134, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.097 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea97d',
    500: '#b48649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48649;
$custom-light: #cea97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.206,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65219,
    "c": 0.09656,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48649

secondary

#94A9C5

accent

#8BD256

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#140F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48649

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

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