#B48B16#B48B16

#B48B16 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.129 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48B16
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 22)
HSL	hsl(44, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(44, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, 5.50, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 61.18, 84.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0078 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.129 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2017, 28.2285, 4.7222)
Luminance	0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48B16 #163FB4

analogous

#B43C16 #B48B16 #8EB416

triadic

#B48B16 #16B48B #8B16B4

tetradic

#B48B16 #16B43C #163FB4 #B4168E

square

#B48B16 #16B43C #163FB4 #B4168E

split-complementary

#B48B16 #168EB4 #3C16B4

monochromatic

#473709 #7D610F #B48B16 #E4B223 #EBC55A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B48B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#B48B16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48B16

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48B16	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)

#9E8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7951F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.129 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ac62',
    500: '#b48b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48b16;
$custom-light: #d0ac62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.43,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65803,
    "c": 0.12932,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48B16

secondary

#5876CE

accent

#65F533

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48B16

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

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