#B48A27#B48A27

#B48A27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.122 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A27
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 39)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 78.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, 6.57, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 55.85, 83.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% 0.0124 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.122 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2789, 28.0288, 5.8397)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A27 #2751B4

analogous

#B44427 #B48A27 #97B427

triadic

#B48A27 #27B48A #8A27B4

tetradic

#B48A27 #27B444 #2751B4 #B42797

square

#B48A27 #27B444 #2751B4 #B42797

split-complementary

#B48A27 #2797B4 #4427B4

monochromatic

#4F3D11 #82631C #B48A27 #D6AA42 #E1C174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B48A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#B48A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A27

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A27	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.122 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfab69',
    500: '#b48a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a27;
$custom-light: #cfab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.128,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65687,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A27

secondary

#6F89C8

accent

#72E740

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A27

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

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