#B48A57#B48A57

#B48A57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.085 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A57
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 87)
HSL	hsl(33, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 51.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, 9.72, 33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 34.71, 73.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.0278 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.085 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6325, 28.5703, 12.9688)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A57 #5781B4

analogous

#B45B57 #B48A57 #B0B457

triadic

#B48A57 #57B48A #8A57B4

tetradic

#B48A57 #57B45B #5781B4 #B457B0

square

#B48A57 #57B45B #5781B4 #B457B0

split-complementary

#B48A57 #57B0B4 #5B57B4

monochromatic

#644B2D #8E6B40 #B48A57 #C7A781 #DAC5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B48A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#B48A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A57

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A57	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.085 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdac87',
    500: '#b48a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a57;
$custom-light: #cdac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.903,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66224,
    "c": 0.08496,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A57

secondary

#9FB1C8

accent

#8ECE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A57

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

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