#B48C23#B48C23

#B48C23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.124 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48C23
RGB	rgb(180, 140, 35)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 80.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, 5.32, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 57.59, 84.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% 0.0084 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.124 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5057, 28.5828, 5.6055)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48C23 #234BB4

analogous

#B44323 #B48C23 #94B423

triadic

#B48C23 #23B48C #8C23B4

tetradic

#B48C23 #23B443 #234BB4 #B42394

square

#B48C23 #23B443 #234BB4 #B42394

split-complementary

#B48C23 #2394B4 #4323B4

monochromatic

#4E3C0F #816419 #B48C23 #D9AD3B #E3C36E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B48C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#B48C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48C23

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48C23	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)

#9E8B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 140, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.124 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfad67',
    500: '#b48c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48c23;
$custom-light: #cfad67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6607,
    "c": 0.12437,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48C23

secondary

#6984C9

accent

#6DEA3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48C23

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

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