#B48821#B48821

#B48821 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.124 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B48821
RGBrgb(180, 136, 33)
HSLhsl(42, 69%, 42%)
HSVhsv(42, 82%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.4%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(59.36, 7.46, 57.09)
CIE-LCHlch(59.36, 57.57, 82.55°)
OKLaboklab(65.24% 0.0143 0.1231)
OKLCHoklch(65.24% 0.124 83.4)
XYZxyz(27.9030, 27.4235, 5.2622)
Luminance0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B48821 #214DB4
analogous
#B43F21 #B48821 #97B421
triadic
#B48821 #21B488 #8821B4
tetradic
#B48821 #21B43F #214DB4 #B42197
square
#B48821 #21B43F #214DB4 #B42197
split-complementary
#B48821 #2197B4 #3F21B4
monochromatic
#4D3A0E #806118 #B48821 #DAAA38 #E4C06B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24
#B48821 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48
#B48821 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48821
6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B48821#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B488211.003.246.486.48
#FFFFFF3.241.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4821.001.001.00
##0000006.4821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9B8808
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A59427
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C47A75
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b48821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 136, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.124 83.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfaa66',
    500: '#b48821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b48821;
$custom-light: #cfaa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b48821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.041,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65244,
    "c": 0.12391,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B48821
secondary
#6785CA
accent
#71EC3C
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FAF4EB
border
#D3CEC6
text
#151006
muted
#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48821

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#B48821 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva