#B49038#B49038

#B49038 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.113 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49038
RGB	rgb(180, 144, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, 4.09, 50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 50.32, 85.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% 0.0073 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.113 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5111, 29.9372, 7.9647)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49038 #385CB4

analogous

#B45238 #B49038 #9AB438

triadic

#B49038 #38B490 #9038B4

tetradic

#B49038 #38B452 #385CB4 #B4389A

square

#B49038 #38B452 #385CB4 #B4389A

split-complementary

#B49038 #389AB4 #5238B4

monochromatic

#57451B #856B29 #B49038 #CDAC5D #DBC48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#B49038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#B49038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B49038

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49038	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 144, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.113 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb073',
    500: '#b49038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49038;
$custom-light: #ceb073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67051,
    "c": 0.11325,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49038

secondary

#8296C5

accent

#76DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49038

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

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