#B48B48#B48B48

#B48B48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.098 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48B48
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 72)
HSL	hsl(37, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 60%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.46, 7.91, 41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.46, 41.99, 79.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% 0.0205 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.098 78)
XYZ	xyz(29.2263, 28.6383, 10.1180)
Luminance	0.2864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48B48 #4871B4

analogous

#B45548 #B48B48 #A7B448

triadic

#B48B48 #48B48B #8B48B4

tetradic

#B48B48 #48B455 #4871B4 #B448A7

square

#B48B48 #48B455 #4871B4 #B448A7

split-complementary

#B48B48 #48A7B4 #5548B4

monochromatic

#5D4725 #886937 #B48B48 #C7A772 #D8C29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#B48B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#B48B48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48B48

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48B48	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5964A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.098 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdac7d',
    500: '#b48b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48b48;
$custom-light: #cdac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.222,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66208,
    "c": 0.09849,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.28636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48B48

secondary

#93A6C5

accent

#85D355

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48B48

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

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