#B48A1F#B48A1F

#B48A1F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.125 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A1F
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 31)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 83%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 82.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, 6.29, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 58.53, 83.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% 0.0108 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.125 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1601, 27.9813, 5.2138)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A1F #1F49B4

analogous

#B4401F #B48A1F #94B41F

triadic

#B48A1F #1FB48A #8A1FB4

tetradic

#B48A1F #1FB440 #1F49B4 #B41F94

square

#B48A1F #1FB440 #1F49B4 #B41F94

split-complementary

#B48A1F #1F94B4 #401FB4

monochromatic

#4C3A0D #806216 #B48A1F #DCAD34 #E5C268

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B48A1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#B48A1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A1F

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A1F	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.125 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfab65',
    500: '#b48a1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a1f;
$custom-light: #cfab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.087,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6564,
    "c": 0.12548,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A1F

secondary

#6481CB

accent

#6DED3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A1F

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

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