#B48B23#B48B23

#B48B23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.124 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48B23
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 35)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 80.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, 5.87, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 57.41, 84.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% 0.01 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.124 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3602, 28.2919, 5.5570)
Luminance	0.2829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48B23 #234CB4

analogous

#B44223 #B48B23 #95B423

triadic

#B48B23 #23B48B #8B23B4

tetradic

#B48B23 #23B442 #234CB4 #B42395

square

#B48B23 #23B442 #234CB4 #B42395

split-complementary

#B48B23 #2395B4 #4223B4

monochromatic

#4E3C0F #816319 #B48B23 #D9AC3B #E3C26E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#B48B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#B48B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48B23

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48B23	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)

#9D8B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.124 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfac67',
    500: '#b48b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48b23;
$custom-light: #cfac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.034,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65866,
    "c": 0.12398,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48B23

secondary

#6985C9

accent

#6EEA3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48B23

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

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