#B48A23#B48A23

#B48A23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.124 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A23
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 80.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, 6.43, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 57.24, 83.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.0116 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.124 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2161, 28.0037, 5.5089)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A23 #234DB4

analogous

#B44223 #B48A23 #95B423

triadic

#B48A23 #23B48A #8A23B4

tetradic

#B48A23 #23B442 #234DB4 #B42395

square

#B48A23 #23B442 #234DB4 #B42395

split-complementary

#B48A23 #2395B4 #4223B4

monochromatic

#4E3B0F #816319 #B48A23 #D9AB3B #E3C16E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B48A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#B48A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A23

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A23	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)

#9C8A0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.124 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfab67',
    500: '#b48a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a23;
$custom-light: #cfab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.621,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65662,
    "c": 0.12362,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A23

secondary

#6985C9

accent

#70EA3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A23

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

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