#B48B2E#B48B2E

#B48B2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.118 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48B2E
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, 6.32, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 53.40, 83.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% 0.0125 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.118 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5499, 28.3678, 6.5561)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48B2E #2E57B4

analogous

#B4482E #B48B2E #9AB42E

triadic

#B48B2E #2EB48B #8B2EB4

tetradic

#B48B2E #2EB448 #2E57B4 #B42E9A

square

#B48B2E #2EB448 #2E57B4 #B42E9A

split-complementary

#B48B2E #2E9AB4 #482EB4

monochromatic

#534015 #836522 #B48B2E #D2A94E #DEC17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#B48B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#B48B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48B2E

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48B2E	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.118 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfac6d',
    500: '#b48b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48b2e;
$custom-light: #cfac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.642,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65941,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48B2E

secondary

#778FC7

accent

#75E245

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48B2E

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

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