#B48A4E#B48A4E

#B48A4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.093 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A4E
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(35, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, 8.93, 37.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 38.98, 76.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% 0.0244 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.093 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2875, 28.4322, 11.1516)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A4E #4E78B4

analogous

#B4574E #B48A4E #ABB44E

triadic

#B48A4E #4EB48A #8A4EB4

tetradic

#B48A4E #4EB457 #4E78B4 #B44EAB

square

#B48A4E #4EB457 #4E78B4 #B44EAB

split-complementary

#B48A4E #4EABB4 #574EB4

monochromatic

#5F4928 #8A693B #B48A4E #C6A679 #D8C3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#B48A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#B48A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A4E

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A4E	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.093 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdac81',
    500: '#b48a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a4e;
$custom-light: #cdac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66088,
    "c": 0.09301,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A4E

secondary

#98ABC6

accent

#89D057

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A4E

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

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