#B48921#B48921

#B48921 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.124 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48921
RGB	rgb(180, 137, 33)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, 6.91, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 57.73, 83.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% 0.0127 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.124 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0444, 27.7065, 5.3094)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48921 #214CB4

analogous

#B44021 #B48921 #96B421

triadic

#B48921 #21B489 #8921B4

tetradic

#B48921 #21B440 #214CB4 #B42196

square

#B48921 #21B440 #214CB4 #B42196

split-complementary

#B48921 #2196B4 #4021B4

monochromatic

#4D3A0E #806218 #B48921 #DAAB38 #E4C16B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B48921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#B48921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48921

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48921	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8907

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 137, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.124 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfab66',
    500: '#b48921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48921;
$custom-light: #cfab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.449,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65447,
    "c": 0.12423,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48921

secondary

#6784CA

accent

#6FEC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48921

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

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