#B48D49#B48D49

#B48D49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.098 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48D49
RGB	rgb(180, 141, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, 6.88, 41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 41.92, 80.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% 0.0177 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.098 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5514, 29.2360, 10.3887)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48D49 #4970B4

analogous

#B45849 #B48D49 #A5B449

triadic

#B48D49 #49B48D #8D49B4

tetradic

#B48D49 #49B458 #4970B4 #B449A5

square

#B48D49 #49B458 #4970B4 #B449A5

split-complementary

#B48D49 #49A5B4 #5849B4

monochromatic

#5D4926 #886B37 #B48D49 #C7A874 #D8C39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#B48D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#B48D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48D49

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48D49	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6974B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 141, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.098 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae7e',
    500: '#b48d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48d49;
$custom-light: #cdae7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.131,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66626,
    "c": 0.09827,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48D49

secondary

#94A6C5

accent

#83D256

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48D49

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

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