#B48A20#B48A20

#B48A20 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.125 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A20
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 32)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 82.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 6.32, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 58.21, 83.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.011 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.125 85)
XYZ	xyz(28.1735, 27.9866, 5.2843)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A20 #204AB4

analogous

#B44020 #B48A20 #94B420

triadic

#B48A20 #20B48A #8A20B4

tetradic

#B48A20 #20B440 #204AB4 #B42094

square

#B48A20 #20B440 #204AB4 #B42094

split-complementary

#B48A20 #2094B4 #4020B4

monochromatic

#4C3A0E #806217 #B48A20 #DBAC36 #E4C26A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B48A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#B48A20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A20

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A20	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)

#9C8A04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.125 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfab66',
    500: '#b48a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a20;
$custom-light: #cfab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.973,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65645,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.27985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A20

secondary

#6682CA

accent

#6EED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A20

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

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