#B48721#B48721

#B48721 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.124 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48721
RGB	rgb(180, 135, 33)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, 8.02, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 57.42, 81.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.0159 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.124 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7628, 27.1432, 5.2155)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48721 #214EB4

analogous

#B43E21 #B48721 #98B421

triadic

#B48721 #21B487 #8721B4

tetradic

#B48721 #21B43E #214EB4 #B42198

square

#B48721 #21B43E #214EB4 #B42198

split-complementary

#B48721 #2198B4 #3E21B4

monochromatic

#4D390E #806018 #B48721 #DAA938 #E4BF6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B48721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#B48721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48721

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48721	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 135, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.124 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa966',
    500: '#b48721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48721;
$custom-light: #cfa966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.633,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65042,
    "c": 0.12362,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48721

secondary

#6785CA

accent

#72EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48721

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

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