#B48B56#B48B56

#B48B56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.086 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48B56
RGB	rgb(180, 139, 86)
HSL	hsl(34, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 52.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, 9.08, 34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 35.34, 75.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% 0.0258 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.086 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7361, 28.8423, 12.8032)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48B56 #567FB4

analogous

#B45C56 #B48B56 #AEB456

triadic

#B48B56 #56B48B #8B56B4

tetradic

#B48B56 #56B45C #567FB4 #B456AE

square

#B48B56 #56B45C #567FB4 #B456AE

split-complementary

#B48B56 #56AEB4 #5C56B4

monochromatic

#634B2C #8E6B3F #B48B56 #C7A880 #DAC5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B48B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#B48B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48B56

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48B56	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 139, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.086 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdac86',
    500: '#b48b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48b56;
$custom-light: #cdac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.83,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66408,
    "c": 0.08604,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48B56

secondary

#9EB0C7

accent

#8CCE59

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48B56

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

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