#B48E23#B48E23

#B48E23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.125 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48E23
RGB	rgb(180, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 80.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, 4.22, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 57.96, 85.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% 0.0052 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.125 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8006, 29.1726, 5.7037)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48E23 #2349B4

analogous

#B44623 #B48E23 #92B423

triadic

#B48E23 #23B48E #8E23B4

tetradic

#B48E23 #23B446 #2349B4 #B42392

square

#B48E23 #23B446 #2349B4 #B42392

split-complementary

#B48E23 #2392B4 #4623B4

monochromatic

#4E3D0F #816619 #B48E23 #D9B03B #E3C46E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#B48E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#B48E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48E23

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48E23	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)

#A08D0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.125 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfae68',
    500: '#b48e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48e23;
$custom-light: #cfae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.276,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66481,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48E23

secondary

#6983C9

accent

#6BEA3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48E23

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

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