#B48A26#B48A26

#B48A26 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.122 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A26
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 38)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 78.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, 6.54, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 56.21, 83.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.0122 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.122 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2626, 28.0223, 5.7536)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A26 #2650B4

analogous

#B44326 #B48A26 #97B426

triadic

#B48A26 #26B48A #8A26B4

tetradic

#B48A26 #26B443 #2650B4 #B42697

square

#B48A26 #26B443 #2650B4 #B42697

split-complementary

#B48A26 #2697B4 #4326B4

monochromatic

#4F3D11 #81631B #B48A26 #D7AA40 #E1C173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B48A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#B48A26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A26

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A26	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)

#9C8A13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.122 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfab69',
    500: '#b48a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a26;
$custom-light: #cfab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.254,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65681,
    "c": 0.1221,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A26

secondary

#6D88C9

accent

#72E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A26

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

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