#B48B18#B48B18

#B48B18 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.129 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48B18
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 24)
HSL	hsl(44, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(44, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, 5.54, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 60.68, 84.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.008 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.129 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2218, 28.2366, 4.8278)
Luminance	0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48B18 #1841B4

analogous

#B43D18 #B48B18 #8FB418

triadic

#B48B18 #18B48B #8B18B4

tetradic

#B48B18 #18B43D #1841B4 #B4188F

square

#B48B18 #18B43D #1841B4 #B4188F

split-complementary

#B48B18 #188FB4 #3D18B4

monochromatic

#48380A #7E6111 #B48B18 #E2B127 #E9C55D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B48B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#B48B18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48B18

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48B18	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)

#9D8B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79520

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.129 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ac63',
    500: '#b48b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48b18;
$custom-light: #d0ac63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.231,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65811,
    "c": 0.12864,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48B18

secondary

#5B79CD

accent

#67F335

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48B18

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

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