#B49440#B49440

#B49440 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.109 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49440
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, 2.39, 47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 47.76, 87.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% 0.0034 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.109 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3393, 31.2551, 9.2843)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49440 #4060B4

analogous

#B45A40 #B49440 #9AB440

triadic

#B49440 #40B494 #9440B4

tetradic

#B49440 #40B45A #4060B4 #B4409A

square

#B49440 #40B45A #4060B4 #B4409A

split-complementary

#B49440 #409AB4 #5A40B4

monochromatic

#5A4A20 #876F30 #B49440 #C9AE68 #D9C795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#B49440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#B49440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49440

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49440	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.109 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb378',
    500: '#b49440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49440;
$custom-light: #ceb378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67957,
    "c": 0.10916,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49440

secondary

#8B9BC5

accent

#76D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5ED

border

#D3CFC8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49440

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

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