#B49238#B49238

#B49238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.114 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49238
RGB	rgb(180, 146, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, 2.99, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 50.79, 86.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% 0.0041 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.114 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8167, 30.5484, 8.0666)
Luminance	0.3055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49238 #385AB4

analogous

#B45438 #B49238 #98B438

triadic

#B49238 #38B492 #9238B4

tetradic

#B49238 #38B454 #385AB4 #B43898

square

#B49238 #38B454 #385AB4 #B43898

split-complementary

#B49238 #3898B4 #5438B4

monochromatic

#57461B #856C29 #B49238 #CDAE5D #DBC58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#B49238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#B49238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49238

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49238	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 146, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.114 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb173',
    500: '#b49238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49238;
$custom-light: #ceb173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.548,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67464,
    "c": 0.11426,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49238

secondary

#8295C5

accent

#73DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5ED

border

#D3CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49238

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

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