#B48842#B48842

#B48842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.103 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48842
RGB	rgb(180, 136, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, 9.14, 43.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 44.24, 78.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% 0.0233 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.103 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6116, 27.7070, 8.9942)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48842 #426EB4

analogous

#B44F42 #B48842 #A7B442

triadic

#B48842 #42B488 #8842B4

tetradic

#B48842 #42B44F #426EB4 #B442A7

square

#B48842 #42B44F #426EB4 #B442A7

split-complementary

#B48842 #42A7B4 #4F42B4

monochromatic

#5A4421 #876632 #B48842 #C9A46B #D9C097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B48842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#B48842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48842

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48842	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)

#99893B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 136, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.103 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaa79',
    500: '#b48842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48842;
$custom-light: #ceaa79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.842,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6553,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48842

secondary

#8DA3C5

accent

#85D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48842

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

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