#B48A21#B48A21

#B48A21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.125 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A21
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 33)
HSL	hsl(43, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 6.36, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 57.90, 83.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.0112 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.125 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1873, 27.9921, 5.3570)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A21 #214BB4

analogous

#B44121 #B48A21 #95B421

triadic

#B48A21 #21B48A #8A21B4

tetradic

#B48A21 #21B441 #214BB4 #B42195

square

#B48A21 #21B441 #214BB4 #B42195

split-complementary

#B48A21 #2195B4 #4121B4

monochromatic

#4D3B0E #806218 #B48A21 #DAAC38 #E4C26B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B48A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#B48A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A21

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A21	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)

#9C8A07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.125 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfab66',
    500: '#b48a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a21;
$custom-light: #cfab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65651,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A21

secondary

#6783CA

accent

#6EEC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A21

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

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