#B48B22#B48B22

#B48B22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.124 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48B22
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 81.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, 5.84, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 57.74, 84.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.0098 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.124 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3456, 28.2861, 5.4799)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48B22 #224BB4

analogous

#B44222 #B48B22 #94B422

triadic

#B48B22 #22B48B #8B22B4

tetradic

#B48B22 #22B442 #224BB4 #B42294

square

#B48B22 #22B442 #224BB4 #B42294

split-complementary

#B48B22 #2294B4 #4222B4

monochromatic

#4D3B0F #816318 #B48B22 #DAAD3A #E3C26D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#B48B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#B48B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48B22

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48B22	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	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)

#9D8B09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.124 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfac67',
    500: '#b48b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48b22;
$custom-light: #cfac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.151,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6586,
    "c": 0.12447,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48B22

secondary

#6884CA

accent

#6EEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48B22

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

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