#B48A49#B48A49

#B48A49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.097 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A49
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, 8.54, 40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 41.34, 78.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% 0.0225 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.097 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1150, 28.3632, 10.2432)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A49 #4973B4

analogous

#B45549 #B48A49 #A8B449

triadic

#B48A49 #49B48A #8A49B4

tetradic

#B48A49 #49B455 #4973B4 #B449A8

square

#B48A49 #49B455 #4973B4 #B449A8

split-complementary

#B48A49 #49A8B4 #5549B4

monochromatic

#5D4726 #886937 #B48A49 #C7A674 #D8C29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#B48A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#B48A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A49

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A49	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4954B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.097 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdac7e',
    500: '#b48a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a49;
$custom-light: #cdac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.449,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66019,
    "c": 0.09735,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A49

secondary

#94A7C5

accent

#87D256

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A49

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

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