#B48938#B48938

#B48938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.111 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48938
RGB	rgb(180, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, 7.95, 48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 48.88, 80.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% 0.0185 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.111 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4836, 27.8822, 7.6222)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48938 #3863B4

analogous

#B44B38 #B48938 #A1B438

triadic

#B48938 #38B489 #8938B4

tetradic

#B48938 #38B44B #3863B4 #B438A1

square

#B48938 #38B44B #3863B4 #B438A1

split-complementary

#B48938 #38A1B4 #4B38B4

monochromatic

#57421B #856529 #B48938 #CDA65D #DBBF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B48938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#B48938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48938

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48938	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5943B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.111 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab73',
    500: '#b48938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48938;
$custom-light: #ceab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.194,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65623,
    "c": 0.11051,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48938

secondary

#829AC5

accent

#7EDC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48938

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

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