#B48736#B48736

#B48736 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.111 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48736
RGB	rgb(180, 135, 54)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, 8.95, 48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 49.40, 79.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% 0.0211 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.111 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1540, 27.2997, 7.2758)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48736 #3663B4

analogous

#B44836 #B48736 #A2B436

triadic

#B48736 #36B487 #8736B4

tetradic

#B48736 #36B448 #3663B4 #B436A2

square

#B48736 #36B448 #3663B4 #B436A2

split-complementary

#B48736 #36A2B4 #4836B4

monochromatic

#56401A #856428 #B48736 #CDA45A #DCBE89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B48736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#B48736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48736

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48736	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99882C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 135, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.111 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea971',
    500: '#b48736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48736;
$custom-light: #cea971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65201,
    "c": 0.11136,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48736

secondary

#8099C6

accent

#7FDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48736

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

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