#B48E37#B48E37

#B48E37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.113 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48E37
RGB	rgb(180, 142, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, 5.13, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 50.30, 84.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% 0.0102 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.113 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1867, 29.3271, 7.7371)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48E37 #375DB4

analogous

#B44F37 #B48E37 #9BB437

triadic

#B48E37 #37B48E #8E37B4

tetradic

#B48E37 #37B44F #375DB4 #B4379B

square

#B48E37 #37B44F #375DB4 #B4379B

split-complementary

#B48E37 #379BB4 #4F37B4

monochromatic

#56441A #856929 #B48E37 #CDAA5B #DBC38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#B48E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#B48E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48E37

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48E37	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)

#9F8E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 142, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.113 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae72',
    500: '#b48e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48e37;
$custom-light: #ceae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.76,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66631,
    "c": 0.11307,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48E37

secondary

#8196C6

accent

#77DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48E37

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

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