#B48A37#B48A37

#B48A37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.112 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A37
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, 7.34, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 49.50, 81.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.0166 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.112 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6022, 28.1581, 7.5423)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A37 #3761B4

analogous

#B44B37 #B48A37 #9FB437

triadic

#B48A37 #37B48A #8A37B4

tetradic

#B48A37 #37B44B #3761B4 #B4379F

square

#B48A37 #37B44B #3761B4 #B4379F

split-complementary

#B48A37 #379FB4 #4B37B4

monochromatic

#56421A #856629 #B48A37 #CDA75B #DBC08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B48A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#B48A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A37

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A37	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)

#9B8A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.112 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab72',
    500: '#b48a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a37;
$custom-light: #ceab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.84,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65816,
    "c": 0.11154,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A37

secondary

#8198C6

accent

#7CDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A37

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

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