#B48940#B48940

#B48940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.104 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48940
RGB	rgb(180, 137, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, 8.45, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 45.32, 79.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% 0.021 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.104 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6951, 27.9668, 8.7363)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48940 #406BB4

analogous

#B44F40 #B48940 #A5B440

triadic

#B48940 #40B489 #8940B4

tetradic

#B48940 #40B44F #406BB4 #B440A5

square

#B48940 #40B44F #406BB4 #B440A5

split-complementary

#B48940 #40A5B4 #4F40B4

monochromatic

#5A4420 #876730 #B48940 #C9A568 #D9C095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B48940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#B48940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48940

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48940	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 137, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.104 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab78',
    500: '#b48940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48940;
$custom-light: #ceab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.759,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65708,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48940

secondary

#8BA0C5

accent

#83D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48940

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

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