#B48A42#B48A42

#B48A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.103 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A42
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, 8.03, 43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 44.59, 79.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% 0.0201 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.103 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8959, 28.2756, 9.0890)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A42 #426CB4

analogous

#B45142 #B48A42 #A5B442

triadic

#B48A42 #42B48A #8A42B4

tetradic

#B48A42 #42B451 #426CB4 #B442A5

square

#B48A42 #42B451 #426CB4 #B442A5

split-complementary

#B48A42 #42A5B4 #5142B4

monochromatic

#5A4521 #876832 #B48A42 #C9A66B #D9C197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B48A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#B48A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A42

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A42	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)

#9B8B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.103 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac79',
    500: '#b48a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a42;
$custom-light: #ceac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65932,
    "c": 0.10317,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A42

secondary

#8DA2C5

accent

#83D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A42

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

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