#B48E35#B48E35

#B48E35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.114 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48E35
RGB	rgb(180, 142, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, 5.02, 50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 51.15, 84.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.0096 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.114 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1397, 29.3083, 7.4897)
Luminance	0.2931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48E35 #355BB4

analogous

#B44E35 #B48E35 #9AB435

triadic

#B48E35 #35B48E #8E35B4

tetradic

#B48E35 #35B44E #355BB4 #B4359A

square

#B48E35 #35B44E #355BB4 #B4359A

split-complementary

#B48E35 #359AB4 #4E35B4

monochromatic

#554319 #856927 #B48E35 #CEAB58 #DCC388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#B48E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#B48E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48E35

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48E35	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 142, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.114 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae71',
    500: '#b48e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48e35;
$custom-light: #ceae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.047,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66613,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48E35

secondary

#7F94C6

accent

#76DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48E35

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

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