#B48D21#B48D21

#B48D21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.126 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48D21
RGB	rgb(180, 141, 33)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, 4.70, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 58.42, 85.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% 0.0064 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.126 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6236, 28.8649, 5.5024)
Luminance	0.2886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48D21 #2148B4

analogous

#B44421 #B48D21 #92B421

triadic

#B48D21 #21B48D #8D21B4

tetradic

#B48D21 #21B444 #2148B4 #B42192

square

#B48D21 #21B444 #2148B4 #B42192

split-complementary

#B48D21 #2192B4 #4421B4

monochromatic

#4D3C0E #806418 #B48D21 #DAAF38 #E4C46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B48D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#B48D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48D21

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48D21	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 141, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.126 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfae67',
    500: '#b48d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48d21;
$custom-light: #cfae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.082,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66264,
    "c": 0.12573,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48D21

secondary

#6781CA

accent

#6BEC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48D21

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

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