#B48B17#B48B17

#B48B17 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.129 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48B17
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 23)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(44, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, 5.52, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 60.93, 84.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.0079 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.129 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2116, 28.2325, 4.7740)
Luminance	0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48B17 #1740B4

analogous

#B43C17 #B48B17 #8FB417

triadic

#B48B17 #17B48B #8B17B4

tetradic

#B48B17 #17B43C #1740B4 #B4178F

square

#B48B17 #17B43C #1740B4 #B4178F

split-complementary

#B48B17 #178FB4 #3C17B4

monochromatic

#473709 #7E6110 #B48B17 #E3B225 #EAC55B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B48B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#B48B17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48B17

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48B17	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)

#9D8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7951F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.129 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ac62',
    500: '#b48b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48b17;
$custom-light: #d0ac62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.331,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65807,
    "c": 0.12899,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48B17

secondary

#5978CE

accent

#66F434

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48B17

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

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