#B48B40#B48B40

#B48B40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.105 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48B40
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 7.34, 45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 45.70, 80.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% 0.0178 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.105 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9821, 28.5407, 8.8319)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48B40 #4069B4

analogous

#B45140 #B48B40 #A3B440

triadic

#B48B40 #40B48B #8B40B4

tetradic

#B48B40 #40B451 #4069B4 #B440A3

square

#B48B40 #40B451 #4069B4 #B440A3

split-complementary

#B48B40 #40A3B4 #5140B4

monochromatic

#5A4520 #876830 #B48B40 #C9A768 #D9C195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B48B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#B48B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48B40

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48B40	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.105 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac78',
    500: '#b48b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48b40;
$custom-light: #ceac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.793,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66112,
    "c": 0.10509,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48B40

secondary

#8B9FC5

accent

#80D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48B40

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

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