#B48B1B#B48B1B

#B48B1B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.128 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48B1B
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 27)
HSL	hsl(44, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 85%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, 5.62, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 59.87, 84.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.0085 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.128 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2547, 28.2497, 5.0013)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48B1B #1B44B4

analogous

#B43F1B #B48B1B #90B41B

triadic

#B48B1B #1BB48B #8B1BB4

tetradic

#B48B1B #1BB43F #1B44B4 #B41B90

square

#B48B1B #1BB43F #1B44B4 #B41B90

split-complementary

#B48B1B #1B90B4 #3F1BB4

monochromatic

#4A390B #7F6213 #B48B1B #DFB02D #E7C462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B48B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#B48B1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48B1B

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48B1B	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)

#A79522

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.128 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfac64',
    500: '#b48b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48b1b;
$custom-light: #cfac64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.922,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65824,
    "c": 0.12751,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48B1B

secondary

#5F7CCC

accent

#69F137

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48B1B

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

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