#B48837#B48837

#B48837 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.111 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48837
RGB	rgb(180, 136, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, 8.45, 48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 49.14, 80.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% 0.0198 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.111 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3179, 27.5895, 7.4475)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48837 #3763B4

analogous

#B44937 #B48837 #A1B437

triadic

#B48837 #37B488 #8837B4

tetradic

#B48837 #37B449 #3763B4 #B437A1

square

#B48837 #37B449 #3763B4 #B437A1

split-complementary

#B48837 #37A1B4 #4937B4

monochromatic

#56411A #856529 #B48837 #CDA55B #DBBF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B48837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#B48837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48837

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48837	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99892D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 136, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.111 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaa72',
    500: '#b48837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48837;
$custom-light: #ceaa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.88,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65412,
    "c": 0.11093,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48837

secondary

#8199C6

accent

#7EDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48837

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

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