#B48A34#B48A34

#B48A34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.114 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A34
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 52)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 71.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, 7.18, 50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 50.77, 81.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% 0.0157 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.114 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5325, 28.1302, 7.1750)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A34 #345EB4

analogous

#B44A34 #B48A34 #9EB434

triadic

#B48A34 #34B48A #8A34B4

tetradic

#B48A34 #34B44A #345EB4 #B4349E

square

#B48A34 #34B44A #345EB4 #B4349E

split-complementary

#B48A34 #349EB4 #4A34B4

monochromatic

#554119 #856626 #B48A34 #CEA757 #DCC086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B48A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#B48A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A34

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A34	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.114 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab70',
    500: '#b48a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a34;
$custom-light: #ceab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.313,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65788,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A34

secondary

#7E96C6

accent

#7ADF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A34

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

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