#B48849#B48849

#B48849 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.097 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48849
RGB	rgb(180, 136, 73)
HSL	hsl(35, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, 9.65, 39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 40.99, 76.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% 0.0258 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.097 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8307, 27.7946, 10.1484)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48849 #4975B4

analogous

#B45349 #B48849 #ABB449

triadic

#B48849 #49B488 #8849B4

tetradic

#B48849 #49B453 #4975B4 #B449AB

square

#B48849 #49B453 #4975B4 #B449AB

split-complementary

#B48849 #49ABB4 #5349B4

monochromatic

#5D4626 #886737 #B48849 #C7A474 #D8C19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B48849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#B48849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48849

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48849	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)

#988A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3944B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 136, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.097 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdaa7d',
    500: '#b48849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48849;
$custom-light: #cdaa7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.327,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65618,
    "c": 0.0969,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48849

secondary

#94A8C5

accent

#89D256

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48849

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

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