#B48A3F#B48A3F

#B48A3F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.106 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A3F
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 63)
HSL	hsl(38, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 65%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, 7.83, 45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 45.96, 80.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% 0.0191 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.106 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8097, 28.2411, 8.6353)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A3F #3F69B4

analogous

#B4503F #B48A3F #A3B43F

triadic

#B48A3F #3FB48A #8A3FB4

tetradic

#B48A3F #3FB450 #3F69B4 #B43FA3

square

#B48A3F #3FB450 #3F69B4 #B43FA3

split-complementary

#B48A3F #3FA3B4 #503FB4

monochromatic

#59441F #87672F #B48A3F #CAA667 #DAC194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B48A3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#B48A3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A3F

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A3F	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.106 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac77',
    500: '#b48a3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a3f;
$custom-light: #ceac77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.462,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65898,
    "c": 0.10556,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A3F

secondary

#8A9FC5

accent

#81D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A3F

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

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