#B48931#B48931

#B48931 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.115 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48931
RGB	rgb(180, 137, 49)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, 7.57, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 51.83, 81.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% 0.0165 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.115 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3242, 27.8184, 6.7828)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48931 #315CB4

analogous

#B44731 #B48931 #9EB431

triadic

#B48931 #31B489 #8931B4

tetradic

#B48931 #31B447 #315CB4 #B4319E

square

#B48931 #31B447 #315CB4 #B4319E

split-complementary

#B48931 #319EB4 #4731B4

monochromatic

#544017 #846424 #B48931 #D0A752 #DDBF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B48931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#B48931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48931

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48931	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 137, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.115 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfab6e',
    500: '#b48931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48931;
$custom-light: #cfab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.305,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65559,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48931

secondary

#7B93C6

accent

#7AE047

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48931

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

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