#B48C18#B48C18

#B48C18 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.129 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48C18
RGB	rgb(180, 140, 24)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, 4.99, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 60.84, 85.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% 0.0065 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.129 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3672, 28.5275, 4.8763)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48C18 #1840B4

analogous

#B43E18 #B48C18 #8EB418

triadic

#B48C18 #18B48C #8C18B4

tetradic

#B48C18 #18B43E #1840B4 #B4188E

square

#B48C18 #18B43E #1840B4 #B4188E

split-complementary

#B48C18 #188EB4 #3E18B4

monochromatic

#48380A #7E6211 #B48C18 #E2B227 #E9C55D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B48C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#B48C18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48C18

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48C18	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)

#C47E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 140, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.129 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ad63',
    500: '#b48c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48c18;
$custom-light: #d0ad63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.615,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66016,
    "c": 0.12902,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48C18

secondary

#5B78CD

accent

#66F335

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48C18

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

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