#B48A1B#B48A1B

#B48A1B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.127 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A1B
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 27)
HSL	hsl(44, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 85%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, 6.17, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 59.71, 84.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% 0.0101 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.127 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1106, 27.9615, 4.9533)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A1B #1B45B4

analogous

#B43D1B #B48A1B #92B41B

triadic

#B48A1B #1BB48A #8A1BB4

tetradic

#B48A1B #1BB43D #1B45B4 #B41B92

square

#B48A1B #1BB43D #1B45B4 #B41B92

split-complementary

#B48A1B #1B92B4 #3D1BB4

monochromatic

#4A380B #7F6113 #B48A1B #DFAE2D #E7C362

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B48A1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#B48A1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A1B

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A1B	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)

#9C8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79522

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.127 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ab64',
    500: '#b48a1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a1b;
$custom-light: #d0ab64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.529,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6562,
    "c": 0.12715,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A1B

secondary

#5F7DCC

accent

#6AF137

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A1B

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

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