#B48A44#B48A44

#B48A44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.102 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A44
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 68)
HSL	hsl(38, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 62.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, 8.17, 42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 43.67, 79.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.0208 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.102 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9559, 28.2996, 9.4050)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A44 #446EB4

analogous

#B45244 #B48A44 #A6B444

triadic

#B48A44 #44B48A #8A44B4

tetradic

#B48A44 #44B452 #446EB4 #B444A6

square

#B48A44 #44B452 #446EB4 #B444A6

split-complementary

#B48A44 #44A6B4 #5244B4

monochromatic

#5B4622 #886833 #B48A44 #C8A66D #D9C19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#B48A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#B48A44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A44

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A44	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.102 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac7a',
    500: '#b48a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a44;
$custom-light: #ceac7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65956,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A44

secondary

#8FA3C5

accent

#84D553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A44

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

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