#B48A25#B48A25

#B48A25 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.123 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A25
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 37)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 79.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, 6.50, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 56.56, 83.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% 0.012 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.123 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2466, 28.0159, 5.6698)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A25 #254FB4

analogous

#B44325 #B48A25 #96B425

triadic

#B48A25 #25B48A #8A25B4

tetradic

#B48A25 #25B443 #254FB4 #B42596

square

#B48A25 #25B443 #254FB4 #B42596

split-complementary

#B48A25 #2596B4 #4325B4

monochromatic

#4E3C10 #81631B #B48A25 #D7AB3F #E2C171

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B48A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#B48A25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A25

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A25	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)

#9C8A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.123 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfab68',
    500: '#b48a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a25;
$custom-light: #cfab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.378,
    "s": 65.899,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65674,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A25

secondary

#6C87C9

accent

#71E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A25

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

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