#B48838#B48838

#B48838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.110 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48838
RGB	rgb(180, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, 8.50, 47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 48.71, 79.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.0201 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.11 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3421, 27.5992, 7.5750)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48838 #3864B4

analogous

#B44A38 #B48838 #A2B438

triadic

#B48838 #38B488 #8838B4

tetradic

#B48838 #38B44A #3864B4 #B438A2

square

#B48838 #38B44A #3864B4 #B438A2

split-complementary

#B48838 #38A2B4 #4A38B4

monochromatic

#57411B #856529 #B48838 #CDA55D #DBBF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B48838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#B48838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48838

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48838	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)

#99892F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.110 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaa72',
    500: '#b48838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48838;
$custom-light: #ceaa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.71,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65421,
    "c": 0.11022,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48838

secondary

#829AC5

accent

#7FDC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48838

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

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