#B48856#B48856

#B48856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.086 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48856
RGB	rgb(180, 136, 86)
HSL	hsl(32, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(32, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 52.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 10.74, 33.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 34.90, 72.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.0307 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.086 69)
XYZ	xyz(29.3077, 27.9854, 12.6604)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48856 #5682B4

analogous

#B45956 #B48856 #B1B456

triadic

#B48856 #56B488 #8856B4

tetradic

#B48856 #56B459 #5682B4 #B456B1

square

#B48856 #56B459 #5682B4 #B456B1

split-complementary

#B48856 #56B1B4 #5956B4

monochromatic

#634A2C #8E693F #B48856 #C7A680 #DAC4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B48856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#B48856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48856

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48856	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 136, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.086 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdaa86',
    500: '#b48856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48856;
$custom-light: #cdaa86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.915,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65809,
    "c": 0.08564,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.27984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48856

secondary

#9EB2C7

accent

#90CE59

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48856

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

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