#B48948#B48948

#B48948 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.098 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48948
RGB	rgb(180, 137, 72)
HSL	hsl(36, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 60%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, 9.01, 40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 41.63, 77.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.0238 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.098 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9393, 28.0645, 10.0224)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48948 #4873B4

analogous

#B45348 #B48948 #A9B448

triadic

#B48948 #48B489 #8948B4

tetradic

#B48948 #48B453 #4873B4 #B448A9

square

#B48948 #48B453 #4873B4 #B448A9

split-complementary

#B48948 #48A9B4 #5348B4

monochromatic

#5D4625 #886837 #B48948 #C7A572 #D8C19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B48948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#B48948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48948

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48948	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 137, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.098 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab7d',
    500: '#b48948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48948;
$custom-light: #ceab7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.111,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65805,
    "c": 0.09795,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48948

secondary

#93A7C5

accent

#87D355

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48948

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

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