#B48824#B48824

#B48824 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.122 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48824
RGB	rgb(180, 136, 36)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 80%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 7.57, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 56.57, 82.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.0149 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.122 83)
XYZ	xyz(27.9469, 27.4411, 5.4935)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48824 #2450B4

analogous

#B44024 #B48824 #98B424

triadic

#B48824 #24B488 #8824B4

tetradic

#B48824 #24B440 #2450B4 #B42498

square

#B48824 #24B440 #2450B4 #B42498

split-complementary

#B48824 #2498B4 #4024B4

monochromatic

#4E3B10 #81611A #B48824 #D8A93D #E2BF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B48824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#B48824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48824

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48824	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)

#9A880F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 136, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.122 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfaa67',
    500: '#b48824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48824;
$custom-light: #cfaa67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65262,
    "c": 0.12246,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.27439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48824

secondary

#6B88C9

accent

#73EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48824

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

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