#B48A35#B48A35

#B48A35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.113 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A35
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, 7.23, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 50.35, 81.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.016 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.113 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5552, 28.1393, 7.2949)
Luminance	0.2814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A35 #355FB4

analogous

#B44A35 #B48A35 #9EB435

triadic

#B48A35 #35B48A #8A35B4

tetradic

#B48A35 #35B44A #355FB4 #B4359E

square

#B48A35 #35B44A #355FB4 #B4359E

split-complementary

#B48A35 #359EB4 #4A35B4

monochromatic

#554219 #856627 #B48A35 #CEA758 #DCC088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B48A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#B48A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A35

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A35	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)

#9B8A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.113 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab71',
    500: '#b48a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a35;
$custom-light: #ceab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.157,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65797,
    "c": 0.11295,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A35

secondary

#7F96C6

accent

#7BDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A35

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

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