#B48B21#B48B21

#B48B21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.125 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48B21
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 33)
HSL	hsl(43, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, 5.81, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 58.07, 84.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.0096 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.125 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3314, 28.2804, 5.4050)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48B21 #214AB4

analogous

#B44121 #B48B21 #94B421

triadic

#B48B21 #21B48B #8B21B4

tetradic

#B48B21 #21B441 #214AB4 #B42194

square

#B48B21 #21B441 #214AB4 #B42194

split-complementary

#B48B21 #2194B4 #4121B4

monochromatic

#4D3B0E #806318 #B48B21 #DAAD38 #E4C26B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B48B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#B48B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48B21

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48B21	1.00	3.16	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.125 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfac66',
    500: '#b48b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48b21;
$custom-light: #cfac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.265,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65854,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48B21

secondary

#6782CA

accent

#6DEC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48B21

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

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