#B48C2E#B48C2E

#B48C2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.118 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48C2E
RGB	rgb(180, 140, 46)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, 5.77, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 53.59, 83.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.15% 0.0109 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(66.15% 0.118 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6954, 28.6587, 6.6046)
Luminance	0.2866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48C2E #2E56B4

analogous

#B4492E #B48C2E #99B42E

triadic

#B48C2E #2EB48C #8C2EB4

tetradic

#B48C2E #2EB449 #2E56B4 #B42E99

square

#B48C2E #2EB449 #2E56B4 #B42E99

split-complementary

#B48C2E #2E99B4 #492EB4

monochromatic

#534015 #836622 #B48C2E #D2AA4E #DEC27E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#B48C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#B48C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48C2E

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48C2E	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 140, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.118 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfad6d',
    500: '#b48c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48c2e;
$custom-light: #cfad6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.09,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66145,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48C2E

secondary

#778FC7

accent

#74E245

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48C2E

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

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