#B48A38#B48A38

#B48A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.111 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A38
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, 7.40, 48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 49.07, 81.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.0169 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.111 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6264, 28.1678, 7.6698)
Luminance	0.2817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A38 #3862B4

analogous

#B44C38 #B48A38 #A0B438

triadic

#B48A38 #38B48A #8A38B4

tetradic

#B48A38 #38B44C #3862B4 #B438A0

square

#B48A38 #38B44C #3862B4 #B438A0

split-complementary

#B48A38 #38A0B4 #4C38B4

monochromatic

#57421B #856629 #B48A38 #CDA75D #DBC08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B48A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#B48A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A38

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A38	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)

#9B8A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.111 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab73',
    500: '#b48a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a38;
$custom-light: #ceab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.677,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65825,
    "c": 0.11082,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A38

secondary

#8299C5

accent

#7DDC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A38

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

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