#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
RGB	rgb(180, 136, 33)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 7.46, 57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 57.57, 82.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.0143 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.124 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9030, 27.4235, 5.2622)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##B48821	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)

#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

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

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