#B48C15#B48C15

#B48C15 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.130 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48C15
RGB	rgb(180, 140, 21)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 88.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.35, 4.92, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.35, 61.58, 85.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66% 0.006 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.13 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3377, 28.5157, 4.7209)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48C15 #153DB4

analogous

#B43D15 #B48C15 #8CB415

triadic

#B48C15 #15B48C #8C15B4

tetradic

#B48C15 #15B43D #153DB4 #B4158C

square

#B48C15 #15B43D #153DB4 #B4158C

split-complementary

#B48C15 #158CB4 #3D15B4

monochromatic

#463708 #7D610F #B48C15 #E5B421 #ECC658

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B48C15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#B48C15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48C15

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48C15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48C15	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8961E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48c15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 140, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.130 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ad62',
    500: '#b48c15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48c15;
$custom-light: #d0ad62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48c15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.906,
    "s": 79.104,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66004,
    "c": 0.13004,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48C15

secondary

#5675CF

accent

#63F632

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48C15

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

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