#B48840#B48840

#B48840 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.104 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48840
RGB	rgb(180, 136, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, 9.00, 44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 45.15, 78.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% 0.0227 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.104 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5536, 27.6838, 8.6891)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48840 #406CB4

analogous

#B44E40 #B48840 #A6B440

triadic

#B48840 #40B488 #8840B4

tetradic

#B48840 #40B44E #406CB4 #B440A6

square

#B48840 #40B44E #406CB4 #B440A6

split-complementary

#B48840 #40A6B4 #4E40B4

monochromatic

#5A4420 #876630 #B48840 #C9A468 #D9BF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B48840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#B48840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48840

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48840	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 136, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.104 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaa78',
    500: '#b48840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48840;
$custom-light: #ceaa78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.241,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65507,
    "c": 0.10422,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48840

secondary

#8BA1C5

accent

#84D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48840

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

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