#B48917#B48917

#B48917 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.128 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48917
RGB	rgb(180, 137, 23)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(44, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 6.62, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 60.62, 83.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.011 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.128 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9246, 27.6586, 4.6783)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48917 #1742B4

analogous

#B43B17 #B48917 #91B417

triadic

#B48917 #17B489 #8917B4

tetradic

#B48917 #17B43B #1742B4 #B41791

square

#B48917 #17B43B #1742B4 #B41791

split-complementary

#B48917 #1791B4 #3B17B4

monochromatic

#473609 #7E6010 #B48917 #E3AF25 #EAC35B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B48917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#B48917 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48917

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48917	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6941F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 137, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.128 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ab62',
    500: '#b48917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48917;
$custom-light: #d0ab62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.567,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65399,
    "c": 0.12829,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48917

secondary

#5979CE

accent

#69F434

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48917

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

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