#B48A2E#B48A2E

#B48A2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.118 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A2E
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 46)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, 6.88, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 53.22, 82.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.0141 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.118 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4058, 28.0796, 6.5080)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A2E #2E58B4

analogous

#B4472E #B48A2E #9BB42E

triadic

#B48A2E #2EB48A #8A2EB4

tetradic

#B48A2E #2EB447 #2E58B4 #B42E9B

square

#B48A2E #2EB447 #2E58B4 #B42E9B

split-complementary

#B48A2E #2E9BB4 #472EB4

monochromatic

#533F15 #836522 #B48A2E #D2A84E #DEC07E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B48A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#B48A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A2E

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A2E	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.118 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfab6d',
    500: '#b48a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a2e;
$custom-light: #cfab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.194,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65738,
    "c": 0.11753,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A2E

secondary

#7790C7

accent

#77E245

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A2E

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

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