#B48879#B48879

#B48879 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.059 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48879
RGB	rgb(180, 136, 121)
HSL	hsl(15, 28%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(15, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 32.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, 14.68, 14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 20.69, 44.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% 0.0451 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.059 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0785, 28.6938, 21.9869)
Luminance	0.2869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48879 #79A5B4

analogous

#B47988 #B48879 #B4A679

triadic

#B48879 #79B488 #8879B4

tetradic

#B48879 #88B479 #79A5B4 #A679B4

square

#B48879 #88B479 #79A5B4 #A679B4

split-complementary

#B48879 #79B4A6 #7988B4

monochromatic

#734D40 #9A6756 #B48879 #CAABA0 #E0CEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#B48879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#B48879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48879

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48879	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928D78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 136, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.059 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaa9f',
    500: '#b48879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48879;
$custom-light: #cbaa9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.254,
    "s": 28.23,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66511,
    "c": 0.05859,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48879

secondary

#B9CAD0

accent

#ACC563

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F9F4F2

border

#D2CECC

text

#13100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48879

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

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