#B48D22#B48D22

#B48D22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.125 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48D22
RGB	rgb(180, 141, 34)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 81.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, 4.74, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 58.10, 85.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0066 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.125 87)
XYZ	xyz(28.6378, 28.8706, 5.5773)
Luminance	0.2887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48D22 #2249B4

analogous

#B44422 #B48D22 #92B422

triadic

#B48D22 #22B48D #8D22B4

tetradic

#B48D22 #22B444 #2249B4 #B42292

square

#B48D22 #22B444 #2249B4 #B42292

split-complementary

#B48D22 #2292B4 #4422B4

monochromatic

#4D3C0F #816518 #B48D22 #DAAF3A #E3C46D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B48D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#B48D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48D22

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48D22	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)

#9F8C07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 141, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.125 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfae67',
    500: '#b48d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48d22;
$custom-light: #cfae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.973,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6627,
    "c": 0.12526,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.28869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48D22

secondary

#6882CA

accent

#6BEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48D22

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

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