#B48E20#B48E20

#B48E20 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.127 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48E20
RGB	rgb(180, 142, 32)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 82.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, 4.12, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 58.92, 85.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% 0.0047 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.127 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7579, 29.1556, 5.4791)
Luminance	0.2915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48E20 #2046B4

analogous

#B44420 #B48E20 #90B420

triadic

#B48E20 #20B48E #8E20B4

tetradic

#B48E20 #20B444 #2046B4 #B42090

square

#B48E20 #20B444 #2046B4 #B42090

split-complementary

#B48E20 #2090B4 #4420B4

monochromatic

#4C3C0E #806517 #B48E20 #DBB136 #E4C56A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#B48E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#B48E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48E20

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48E20	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 142, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.127 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfae66',
    500: '#b48e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48e20;
$custom-light: #cfae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.595,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66464,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48E20

secondary

#667FCA

accent

#69ED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48E20

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

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