#B48B20#B48B20

#B48B20 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.125 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48B20
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 32)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 82.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, 5.77, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 58.38, 84.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.0094 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.125 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3176, 28.2749, 5.3324)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48B20 #2049B4

analogous

#B44120 #B48B20 #93B420

triadic

#B48B20 #20B48B #8B20B4

tetradic

#B48B20 #20B441 #2049B4 #B42093

square

#B48B20 #20B441 #2049B4 #B42093

split-complementary

#B48B20 #2093B4 #4120B4

monochromatic

#4C3B0E #806317 #B48B20 #DBAD36 #E4C36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B48B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#B48B20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48B20

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48B20	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)

#9D8B03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.125 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfac66',
    500: '#b48b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48b20;
$custom-light: #cfac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.378,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65849,
    "c": 0.1254,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48B20

secondary

#6681CA

accent

#6CED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48B20

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

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