#B48831#B48831

#B48831 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.115 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48831
RGB	rgb(180, 136, 49)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, 8.13, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 51.66, 80.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% 0.0181 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.115 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1827, 27.5354, 6.7357)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48831 #315DB4

analogous

#B44631 #B48831 #9FB431

triadic

#B48831 #31B488 #8831B4

tetradic

#B48831 #31B446 #315DB4 #B4319F

square

#B48831 #31B446 #315DB4 #B4319F

split-complementary

#B48831 #319FB4 #4631B4

monochromatic

#543F17 #846424 #B48831 #D0A652 #DDBF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B48831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#B48831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48831

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48831	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 136, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.115 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfaa6e',
    500: '#b48831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48831;
$custom-light: #cfaa6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.847,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65357,
    "c": 0.11499,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48831

secondary

#7B94C6

accent

#7BE047

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48831

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

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