#B48857#B48857

#B48857 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.085 H 68.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48857
RGB	rgb(180, 136, 87)
HSL	hsl(32, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(32, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 51.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, 10.84, 32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 34.43, 71.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.0311 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.085 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3482, 28.0016, 12.8741)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48857 #5783B4

analogous

#B45957 #B48857 #B2B457

triadic

#B48857 #57B488 #8857B4

tetradic

#B48857 #57B459 #5783B4 #B457B2

square

#B48857 #57B459 #5783B4 #B457B2

split-complementary

#B48857 #57B2B4 #5957B4

monochromatic

#644A2D #8E6940 #B48857 #C7A681 #DAC4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B48857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#B48857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48857

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48857	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)

#978A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 136, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.085 68.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdaa87',
    500: '#b48857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48857;
$custom-light: #cdaa87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.613,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65825,
    "c": 0.08476,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48857

secondary

#9FB2C8

accent

#91CE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48857

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

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