#B48B36#B48B36

#B48B36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.113 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48B36
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, 6.73, 49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 50.12, 82.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% 0.0147 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.113 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7226, 28.4369, 7.4654)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48B36 #365FB4

analogous

#B44C36 #B48B36 #9EB436

triadic

#B48B36 #36B48B #8B36B4

tetradic

#B48B36 #36B44C #365FB4 #B4369E

square

#B48B36 #36B44C #365FB4 #B4369E

split-complementary

#B48B36 #369EB4 #4C36B4

monochromatic

#56421A #856728 #B48B36 #CDA85A #DCC189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#B48B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#B48B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48B36

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48B36	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.113 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac71',
    500: '#b48b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48b36;
$custom-light: #ceac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.476,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66009,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48B36

secondary

#8097C6

accent

#7ADD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48B36

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

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