#B48C22#B48C22

#B48C22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.125 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48C22
RGB	rgb(180, 140, 34)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 81.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, 5.29, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 57.92, 84.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% 0.0082 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.125 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4911, 28.5770, 5.5284)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48C22 #224AB4

analogous

#B44322 #B48C22 #93B422

triadic

#B48C22 #22B48C #8C22B4

tetradic

#B48C22 #22B443 #224AB4 #B42293

square

#B48C22 #22B443 #224AB4 #B42293

split-complementary

#B48C22 #2293B4 #4322B4

monochromatic

#4D3C0F #816418 #B48C22 #DAAE3A #E3C36D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B48C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#B48C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48C22

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48C22	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 140, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.125 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfad67',
    500: '#b48c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48c22;
$custom-light: #cfad67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.562,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66065,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48C22

secondary

#6883CA

accent

#6CEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48C22

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

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