#B48E52#B48E52

#B48E52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.091 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48E52
RGB	rgb(180, 142, 82)
HSL	hsl(37, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 54.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, 7.06, 37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 37.82, 79.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% 0.0194 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.091 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0198, 29.6603, 12.1248)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48E52 #5278B4

analogous

#B45D52 #B48E52 #A9B452

triadic

#B48E52 #52B48E #8E52B4

tetradic

#B48E52 #52B45D #5278B4 #B452A9

square

#B48E52 #52B45D #5278B4 #B452A9

split-complementary

#B48E52 #52A9B4 #5D52B4

monochromatic

#614C2A #8C6D3D #B48E52 #C7AA7D #D9C6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#B48E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#B48E52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48E52

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48E52	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)

#9D8F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 142, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.091 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae84',
    500: '#b48e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48e52;
$custom-light: #cdae84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.735,
    "s": 39.516,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66953,
    "c": 0.09051,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48E52

secondary

#9BACC7

accent

#87CF58

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48E52

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

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