#B48822#B48822

#B48822 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.123 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48822
RGB	rgb(180, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 81.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, 7.50, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 57.25, 82.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.0145 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.123 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9172, 27.4292, 5.3371)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48822 #224EB4

analogous

#B43F22 #B48822 #97B422

triadic

#B48822 #22B488 #8822B4

tetradic

#B48822 #22B43F #224EB4 #B42297

square

#B48822 #22B43F #224EB4 #B42297

split-complementary

#B48822 #2297B4 #3F22B4

monochromatic

#4D3A0F #816118 #B48822 #DAA93A #E3C06D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B48822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#B48822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48822

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48822	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A880B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.123 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfaa66',
    500: '#b48822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48822;
$custom-light: #cfaa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.918,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6525,
    "c": 0.12345,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48822

secondary

#6886CA

accent

#71EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48822

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

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