#B48A16#B48A16

#B48A16 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.129 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A16
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 22)
HSL	hsl(44, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(44, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, 6.05, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 61.02, 84.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.0093 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.129 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0576, 27.9403, 4.6742)
Luminance	0.2794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A16 #1640B4

analogous

#B43B16 #B48A16 #8FB416

triadic

#B48A16 #16B48A #8A16B4

tetradic

#B48A16 #16B43B #1640B4 #B4168F

square

#B48A16 #16B43B #1640B4 #B4168F

split-complementary

#B48A16 #168FB4 #3B16B4

monochromatic

#473609 #7D600F #B48A16 #E4B123 #EBC45A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B48A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#B48A16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A16

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A16	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)

#9D8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7951E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.129 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ab62',
    500: '#b48a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a16;
$custom-light: #d0ab62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.051,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65599,
    "c": 0.12897,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A16

secondary

#5877CE

accent

#67F533

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A16

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

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