#B48C17#B48C17

#B48C17 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.129 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48C17
RGB	rgb(180, 140, 23)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, 4.97, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 61.09, 85.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% 0.0063 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.129 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3570, 28.5234, 4.8225)
Luminance	0.2852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48C17 #173FB4

analogous

#B43D17 #B48C17 #8EB417

triadic

#B48C17 #17B48C #8C17B4

tetradic

#B48C17 #17B43D #173FB4 #B4178E

square

#B48C17 #17B43D #173FB4 #B4178E

split-complementary

#B48C17 #178EB4 #3D17B4

monochromatic

#473809 #7E6210 #B48C17 #E3B325 #EAC65B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B48C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#B48C17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48C17

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48C17	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)

#A89620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 140, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.129 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ad62',
    500: '#b48c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48c17;
$custom-light: #d0ad62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.713,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66012,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48C17

secondary

#5977CE

accent

#65F434

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48C17

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

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