#B48E50#B48E50

#B48E50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.092 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48E50
RGB	rgb(180, 142, 80)
HSL	hsl(37, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 55.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, 6.89, 38.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 38.79, 79.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% 0.0186 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.092 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9448, 29.6303, 11.7299)
Luminance	0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48E50 #5076B4

analogous

#B45C50 #B48E50 #A8B450

triadic

#B48E50 #50B48E #8E50B4

tetradic

#B48E50 #50B45C #5076B4 #B450A8

square

#B48E50 #50B45C #5076B4 #B450A8

split-complementary

#B48E50 #50A8B4 #5C50B4

monochromatic

#604B29 #8B6D3C #B48E50 #C6AA7B #D9C5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#B48E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#B48E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48E50

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48E50	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8F4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 142, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.092 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae82',
    500: '#b48e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48e50;
$custom-light: #cdae82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.2,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66924,
    "c": 0.09236,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48E50

secondary

#9AABC6

accent

#86D058

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48E50

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

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