#B48823#B48823

#B48823 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.123 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48823
RGB	rgb(180, 136, 35)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 80.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, 7.53, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 56.91, 82.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.0147 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.123 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9318, 27.4351, 5.4142)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48823 #234FB4

analogous

#B43F23 #B48823 #98B423

triadic

#B48823 #23B488 #8823B4

tetradic

#B48823 #23B43F #234FB4 #B42398

square

#B48823 #23B43F #234FB4 #B42398

split-complementary

#B48823 #2398B4 #3F23B4

monochromatic

#4E3B0F #816119 #B48823 #D9A93B #E3C06E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B48823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#B48823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48823

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48823	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)

#9A880D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 136, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.123 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfaa67',
    500: '#b48823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48823;
$custom-light: #cfaa67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.793,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65256,
    "c": 0.12295,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48823

secondary

#6987C9

accent

#72EA3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48823

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

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