#B48B45#B48B45

#B48B45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.101 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48B45
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 69)
HSL	hsl(38, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 61.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, 7.68, 42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 43.39, 79.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% 0.0195 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.101 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1308, 28.6002, 9.6151)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48B45 #456EB4

analogous

#B45445 #B48B45 #A6B445

triadic

#B48B45 #45B48B #8B45B4

tetradic

#B48B45 #45B454 #456EB4 #B445A6

square

#B48B45 #45B454 #456EB4 #B445A6

split-complementary

#B48B45 #45A6B4 #5445B4

monochromatic

#5C4723 #886934 #B48B45 #C8A76F #D9C29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B48B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#B48B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48B45

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48B45	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.101 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac7b',
    500: '#b48b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48b45;
$custom-light: #ceac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.838,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6617,
    "c": 0.10102,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48B45

secondary

#90A4C5

accent

#83D454

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48B45

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

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