#B48A22#B48A22

#B48A22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.124 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A22
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 34)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 81.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, 6.39, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 57.57, 83.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.0114 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.124 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2015, 27.9978, 5.4318)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A22 #224CB4

analogous

#B44122 #B48A22 #95B422

triadic

#B48A22 #22B48A #8A22B4

tetradic

#B48A22 #22B441 #224CB4 #B42295

square

#B48A22 #22B441 #224CB4 #B42295

split-complementary

#B48A22 #2295B4 #4122B4

monochromatic

#4D3B0F #816318 #B48A22 #DAAC3A #E3C16D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B48A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#B48A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A22

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A22	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)

#9C8A09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.124 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfab67',
    500: '#b48a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a22;
$custom-light: #cfab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.74,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65656,
    "c": 0.1241,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A22

secondary

#6884CA

accent

#6FEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A22

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

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