#B48937#B48937

#B48937 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.111 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48937
RGB	rgb(180, 137, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, 7.89, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 49.31, 80.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.0182 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.111 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4594, 27.8725, 7.4947)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48937 #3762B4

analogous

#B44A37 #B48937 #A0B437

triadic

#B48937 #37B489 #8937B4

tetradic

#B48937 #37B44A #3762B4 #B437A0

square

#B48937 #37B44A #3762B4 #B437A0

split-complementary

#B48937 #37A0B4 #4A37B4

monochromatic

#56421A #856529 #B48937 #CDA65B #DBBF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B48937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#B48937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48937

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48937	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5943A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 137, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.111 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab72',
    500: '#b48937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48937;
$custom-light: #ceab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.36,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65613,
    "c": 0.11123,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48937

secondary

#8199C6

accent

#7DDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48937

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

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