#B48949#B48949

#B48949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.097 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48949
RGB	rgb(180, 137, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, 9.09, 40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 41.16, 77.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.0242 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.097 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9722, 28.0776, 10.1956)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48949 #4974B4

analogous

#B45449 #B48949 #A9B449

triadic

#B48949 #49B489 #8949B4

tetradic

#B48949 #49B454 #4974B4 #B449A9

square

#B48949 #49B454 #4974B4 #B449A9

split-complementary

#B48949 #49A9B4 #5449B4

monochromatic

#5D4726 #886837 #B48949 #C7A574 #D8C19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B48949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#B48949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48949

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48949	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 137, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.097 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdab7d',
    500: '#b48949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48949;
$custom-light: #cdab7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.888,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65818,
    "c": 0.0971,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48949

secondary

#94A8C5

accent

#88D256

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48949

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

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