#B48C21#B48C21

#B48C21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.125 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48C21
RGB	rgb(180, 140, 33)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, 5.25, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 58.24, 84.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% 0.008 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.125 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4768, 28.5713, 5.4535)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48C21 #2149B4

analogous

#B44221 #B48C21 #93B421

triadic

#B48C21 #21B48C #8C21B4

tetradic

#B48C21 #21B442 #2149B4 #B42193

square

#B48C21 #21B442 #2149B4 #B42193

split-complementary

#B48C21 #2193B4 #4221B4

monochromatic

#4D3C0E #806418 #B48C21 #DAAE38 #E4C36B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B48C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#B48C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48C21

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48C21	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 140, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.125 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfad66',
    500: '#b48c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48c21;
$custom-light: #cfad66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.673,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66059,
    "c": 0.12532,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48C21

secondary

#6782CA

accent

#6CEC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48C21

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

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