#B48E31#B48E31

#B48E31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.117 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48E31
RGB	rgb(180, 142, 49)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, 4.82, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 52.80, 84.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% 0.0085 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.117 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0515, 29.2730, 7.0252)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48E31 #3157B4

analogous

#B44C31 #B48E31 #99B431

triadic

#B48E31 #31B48E #8E31B4

tetradic

#B48E31 #31B44C #3157B4 #B43199

square

#B48E31 #31B44C #3157B4 #B43199

split-complementary

#B48E31 #3199B4 #4C31B4

monochromatic

#544217 #846824 #B48E31 #D0AB52 #DDC382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#B48E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#B48E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48E31

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48E31	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	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)

#9F8D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 142, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.117 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae6f',
    500: '#b48e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48e31;
$custom-light: #ceae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.595,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66578,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48E31

secondary

#7B90C6

accent

#74E047

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48E31

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

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