#B48A1C#B48A1C

#B48A1C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.127 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A1C
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 28)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 84.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, 6.20, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 59.42, 84.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% 0.0102 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.127 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1224, 27.9662, 5.0152)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A1C #1C46B4

analogous

#B43E1C #B48A1C #92B41C

triadic

#B48A1C #1CB48A #8A1CB4

tetradic

#B48A1C #1CB43E #1C46B4 #B41C92

square

#B48A1C #1CB43E #1C46B4 #B41C92

split-complementary

#B48A1C #1C92B4 #3E1CB4

monochromatic

#4A390C #7F6114 #B48A1C #DFAE2F #E7C364

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B48A1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#B48A1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A1C

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A1C	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)

#A69523

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.127 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfab64',
    500: '#b48a1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a1c;
$custom-light: #cfab64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.421,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65625,
    "c": 0.12675,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A1C

secondary

#607ECC

accent

#6BF038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A1C

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

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