#B48D23#B48D23

#B48D23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.125 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48D23
RGB	rgb(180, 141, 35)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 80.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, 4.77, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 57.77, 85.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0068 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.125 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6525, 28.8764, 5.6544)
Luminance	0.2887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48D23 #234AB4

analogous

#B44423 #B48D23 #93B423

triadic

#B48D23 #23B48D #8D23B4

tetradic

#B48D23 #23B444 #234AB4 #B42393

square

#B48D23 #23B444 #234AB4 #B42393

split-complementary

#B48D23 #2393B4 #4423B4

monochromatic

#4E3D0F #816519 #B48D23 #D9AF3B #E3C46E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B48D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#B48D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48D23

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48D23	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)

#9F8C0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 141, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.125 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfae67',
    500: '#b48d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48d23;
$custom-light: #cfae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.862,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66275,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48D23

secondary

#6983C9

accent

#6CEA3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48D23

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

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