#B48C4E#B48C4E

#B48C4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.094 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48C4E
RGB	rgb(180, 140, 78)
HSL	hsl(36, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, 7.83, 38.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 39.34, 78.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% 0.0211 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.094 77)
XYZ	xyz(29.5771, 29.0114, 11.2482)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48C4E #4E76B4

analogous

#B4594E #B48C4E #A9B44E

triadic

#B48C4E #4EB48C #8C4EB4

tetradic

#B48C4E #4EB459 #4E76B4 #B44EA9

square

#B48C4E #4EB459 #4E76B4 #B44EA9

split-complementary

#B48C4E #4EA9B4 #594EB4

monochromatic

#5F4A28 #8A6B3B #B48C4E #C6A879 #D8C4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#B48C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#B48C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48C4E

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48C4E	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 140, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.094 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdad81',
    500: '#b48c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48c4e;
$custom-light: #cdad81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.471,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66491,
    "c": 0.09353,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.2901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48C4E

secondary

#98AAC6

accent

#87D057

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48C4E

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

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