#B48A18#B48A18

#B48A18 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.128 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A18
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 24)
HSL	hsl(44, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(44, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, 6.09, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 60.52, 84.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.0096 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.128 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0776, 27.9483, 4.7797)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A18 #1842B4

analogous

#B43C18 #B48A18 #90B418

triadic

#B48A18 #18B48A #8A18B4

tetradic

#B48A18 #18B43C #1842B4 #B41890

square

#B48A18 #18B43C #1842B4 #B41890

split-complementary

#B48A18 #1890B4 #3C18B4

monochromatic

#48370A #7E6111 #B48A18 #E2B027 #E9C45D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B48A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#B48A18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A18

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A18	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)

#A79520

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.128 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ab62',
    500: '#b48a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a18;
$custom-light: #d0ab62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.846,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65607,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A18

secondary

#5B79CD

accent

#68F335

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A18

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

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