#B48D38#B48D38

#B48D38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.112 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48D38
RGB	rgb(180, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, 5.74, 49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 49.66, 83.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% 0.0121 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.112 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0628, 29.0405, 7.8153)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48D38 #385FB4

analogous

#B44F38 #B48D38 #9DB438

triadic

#B48D38 #38B48D #8D38B4

tetradic

#B48D38 #38B44F #385FB4 #B4389D

square

#B48D38 #38B44F #385FB4 #B4389D

split-complementary

#B48D38 #389DB4 #4F38B4

monochromatic

#57441B #856829 #B48D38 #CDA95D #DBC28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B48D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#B48D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48D38

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48D38	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.112 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae73',
    500: '#b48d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48d38;
$custom-light: #ceae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.129,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66436,
    "c": 0.11193,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48D38

secondary

#8297C5

accent

#79DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48D38

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

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