#B48B4E#B48B4E

#B48B4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.093 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48B4E
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 78)
HSL	hsl(36, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.53, 8.38, 38.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.53, 39.15, 77.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% 0.0227 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.093 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4316, 28.7205, 11.1997)
Luminance	0.2872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48B4E #4E77B4

analogous

#B4584E #B48B4E #AAB44E

triadic

#B48B4E #4EB48B #8B4EB4

tetradic

#B48B4E #4EB458 #4E77B4 #B44EAA

square

#B48B4E #4EB458 #4E77B4 #B44EAA

split-complementary

#B48B4E #4EAAB4 #584EB4

monochromatic

#5F4928 #8A6A3B #B48B4E #C6A779 #D8C3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B48B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#B48B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48B4E

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48B4E	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.093 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdac81',
    500: '#b48b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48b4e;
$custom-light: #cdac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.882,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66289,
    "c": 0.09325,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48B4E

secondary

#98AAC6

accent

#88D057

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48B4E

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

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