#B48740#B48740

#B48740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.104 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48740
RGB	rgb(180, 135, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, 9.56, 43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 44.98, 77.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% 0.0243 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.104 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4135, 27.4035, 8.6424)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48740 #406DB4

analogous

#B44D40 #B48740 #A7B440

triadic

#B48740 #40B487 #8740B4

tetradic

#B48740 #40B44D #406DB4 #B440A7

square

#B48740 #40B44D #406DB4 #B440A7

split-complementary

#B48740 #40A7B4 #4D40B4

monochromatic

#5A4320 #876530 #B48740 #C9A468 #D9BF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B48740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#B48740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48740

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48740	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 135, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.104 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea977',
    500: '#b48740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48740;
$custom-light: #cea977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.724,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65306,
    "c": 0.10398,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48740

secondary

#8BA1C5

accent

#85D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48740

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

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