#B48B49#B48B49

#B48B49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.098 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48B49
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, 7.98, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 41.52, 78.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.0209 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.098 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2591, 28.6515, 10.2912)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48B49 #4972B4

analogous

#B45649 #B48B49 #A8B449

triadic

#B48B49 #49B48B #8B49B4

tetradic

#B48B49 #49B456 #4972B4 #B449A8

square

#B48B49 #49B456 #4972B4 #B449A8

split-complementary

#B48B49 #49A8B4 #5649B4

monochromatic

#5D4826 #886937 #B48B49 #C7A774 #D8C29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#B48B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#B48B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48B49

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48B49	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)

#9B8C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5964B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.098 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdac7e',
    500: '#b48b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48b49;
$custom-light: #cdac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.009,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66221,
    "c": 0.09762,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48B49

secondary

#94A7C5

accent

#85D256

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48B49

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

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