#B48717#B48717

#B48717 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.128 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48717
RGB	rgb(180, 135, 23)
HSL	hsl(43, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 7.73, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 60.34, 82.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% 0.0142 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.128 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6430, 27.0953, 4.5845)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48717 #1744B4

analogous

#B43917 #B48717 #92B417

triadic

#B48717 #17B487 #8717B4

tetradic

#B48717 #17B439 #1744B4 #B41792

square

#B48717 #17B439 #1744B4 #B41792

split-complementary

#B48717 #1792B4 #3917B4

monochromatic

#473609 #7E5E10 #B48717 #E3AD25 #EAC15B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B48717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#B48717 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48717

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48717	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5931E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 135, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.128 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a962',
    500: '#b48717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48717;
$custom-light: #d0a962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.803,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64993,
    "c": 0.12766,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48717

secondary

#597BCE

accent

#6BF434

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48717

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

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