#B48D40#B48D40

#B48D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.106 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48D40
RGB	rgb(180, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, 6.23, 45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 46.10, 82.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% 0.0146 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.106 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2743, 29.1251, 8.9293)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48D40 #4067B4

analogous

#B45340 #B48D40 #A1B440

triadic

#B48D40 #40B48D #8D40B4

tetradic

#B48D40 #40B453 #4067B4 #B440A1

square

#B48D40 #40B453 #4067B4 #B440A1

split-complementary

#B48D40 #40A1B4 #5340B4

monochromatic

#5A4620 #876A30 #B48D40 #C9A968 #D9C295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B48D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#B48D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48D40

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48D40	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.106 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae78',
    500: '#b48d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48d40;
$custom-light: #ceae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.828,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66518,
    "c": 0.10581,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48D40

secondary

#8B9EC5

accent

#7ED751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48D40

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

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