#B48816#B48816

#B48816 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.128 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48816
RGB	rgb(180, 136, 22)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 7.15, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 60.73, 83.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.0125 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.128 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7733, 27.3717, 4.5794)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48816 #1642B4

analogous

#B43916 #B48816 #91B416

triadic

#B48816 #16B488 #8816B4

tetradic

#B48816 #16B439 #1642B4 #B41691

square

#B48816 #16B439 #1642B4 #B41691

split-complementary

#B48816 #1691B4 #3916B4

monochromatic

#473609 #7D5F0F #B48816 #E4AE23 #EBC25A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B48816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#B48816 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48816

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48816	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5931E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 136, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.128 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aa61',
    500: '#b48816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48816;
$custom-light: #d0aa61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.291,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65192,
    "c": 0.1283,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48816

secondary

#5879CE

accent

#69F533

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48816

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

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