#B48B37#B48B37

#B48B37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.112 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48B37
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, 6.79, 49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 49.69, 82.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% 0.015 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.112 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7463, 28.4464, 7.5903)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48B37 #3760B4

analogous

#B44C37 #B48B37 #9EB437

triadic

#B48B37 #37B48B #8B37B4

tetradic

#B48B37 #37B44C #3760B4 #B4379E

square

#B48B37 #37B44C #3760B4 #B4379E

split-complementary

#B48B37 #379EB4 #4C37B4

monochromatic

#56431A #856729 #B48B37 #CDA85B #DBC18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#B48B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#B48B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48B37

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48B37	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)

#9C8B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.112 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac72',
    500: '#b48b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48b37;
$custom-light: #ceac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.32,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66019,
    "c": 0.11189,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48B37

secondary

#8198C6

accent

#7BDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48B37

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

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