#B48E38#B48E38

#B48E38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.112 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48E38
RGB	rgb(180, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.08, 5.19, 49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.08, 49.87, 84.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% 0.0105 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.112 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2109, 29.3368, 7.8646)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48E38 #385EB4

analogous

#B45038 #B48E38 #9CB438

triadic

#B48E38 #38B48E #8E38B4

tetradic

#B48E38 #38B450 #385EB4 #B4389C

square

#B48E38 #38B450 #385EB4 #B4389C

split-complementary

#B48E38 #389CB4 #5038B4

monochromatic

#57441B #856929 #B48E38 #CDAA5D #DBC38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#B48E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#B48E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48E38

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48E38	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.112 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae73',
    500: '#b48e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48e38;
$custom-light: #ceae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.613,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6664,
    "c": 0.11235,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48E38

secondary

#8297C5

accent

#78DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48E38

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

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