#B48848#B48848

#B48848 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.098 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48848
RGB	rgb(180, 136, 72)
HSL	hsl(36, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 60%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, 9.57, 40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 41.46, 76.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.0254 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.098 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7978, 27.7815, 9.9752)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48848 #4874B4

analogous

#B45248 #B48848 #AAB448

triadic

#B48848 #48B488 #8848B4

tetradic

#B48848 #48B452 #4874B4 #B448AA

square

#B48848 #48B452 #4874B4 #B448AA

split-complementary

#B48848 #48AAB4 #5248B4

monochromatic

#5D4625 #886737 #B48848 #C7A472 #D8C19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B48848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#B48848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48848

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48848	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3944A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 136, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.098 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaa7d',
    500: '#b48848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48848;
$custom-light: #ceaa7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65605,
    "c": 0.09773,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48848

secondary

#93A7C5

accent

#88D355

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48848

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

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