#B48B27#B48B27

#B48B27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.122 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48B27
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 39)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 78.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, 6.02, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 56.03, 83.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% 0.0108 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.122 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4230, 28.3171, 5.8878)
Luminance	0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48B27 #2750B4

analogous

#B44427 #B48B27 #97B427

triadic

#B48B27 #27B48B #8B27B4

tetradic

#B48B27 #27B444 #2750B4 #B42797

square

#B48B27 #27B444 #2750B4 #B42797

split-complementary

#B48B27 #2797B4 #4427B4

monochromatic

#4F3D11 #82641C #B48B27 #D6AB42 #E1C174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#B48B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#B48B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48B27

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48B27	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)

#9D8B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.122 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfac69',
    500: '#b48b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48b27;
$custom-light: #cfac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.553,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65891,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48B27

secondary

#6F89C8

accent

#71E740

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48B27

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

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