#B08438#B08438

#B08438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.107 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B08438
RGB	rgb(176, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, 8.95, 46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 47.12, 79.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.0217 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.107 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8712, 26.0201, 7.3477)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B08438 #3864B0

analogous

#B04838 #B08438 #A0B038

triadic

#B08438 #38B084 #8438B0

tetradic

#B08438 #38B048 #3864B0 #B038A0

square

#B08438 #38B048 #3864B0 #B038A0

split-complementary

#B08438 #38A0B0 #4838B0

monochromatic

#533E1A #826129 #B08438 #CBA25B #D9BC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#B08438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#B08438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B08438

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B08438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B08438	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95852F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b08438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.107 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba772',
    500: '#b08438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b08438;
$custom-light: #cba772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b08438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64172,
    "c": 0.10712,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B08438

secondary

#8099C4

accent

#81DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B08438

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

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