#B48E43#B48E43

#B48E43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.104 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48E43
RGB	rgb(180, 142, 67)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 62.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, 5.89, 44.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 44.94, 82.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% 0.014 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.104 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5101, 29.4564, 9.4405)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48E43 #4369B4

analogous

#B45543 #B48E43 #A1B443

triadic

#B48E43 #43B48E #8E43B4

tetradic

#B48E43 #43B455 #4369B4 #B443A1

square

#B48E43 #43B455 #4369B4 #B443A1

split-complementary

#B48E43 #43A1B4 #5543B4

monochromatic

#5B4822 #876B32 #B48E43 #C8A96C #D9C399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#B48E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#B48E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48E43

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48E43	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 142, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.104 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae7a',
    500: '#b48e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48e43;
$custom-light: #ceae7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.823,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66756,
    "c": 0.10376,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48E43

secondary

#8EA0C5

accent

#7ED552

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48E43

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

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