#B48738#B48738

#B48738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.110 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48738
RGB	rgb(180, 135, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, 9.06, 47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 48.54, 79.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.0217 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.11 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2019, 27.3188, 7.5283)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48738 #3865B4

analogous

#B44938 #B48738 #A3B438

triadic

#B48738 #38B487 #8738B4

tetradic

#B48738 #38B449 #3865B4 #B438A3

square

#B48738 #38B449 #3865B4 #B438A3

split-complementary

#B48738 #38A3B4 #4938B4

monochromatic

#57411B #856429 #B48738 #CDA45D #DBBE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B48738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#B48738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48738

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48738	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)

#99882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 135, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.110 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea972',
    500: '#b48738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48738;
$custom-light: #cea972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.226,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6522,
    "c": 0.10996,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48738

secondary

#829BC5

accent

#80DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48738

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

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