#B08A38#B08A38

#B08A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.109 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B08A38
RGB	rgb(176, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, 5.62, 47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 48.25, 83.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% 0.012 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.109 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7084, 27.6944, 7.6268)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B08A38 #385EB0

analogous

#B04E38 #B08A38 #9AB038

triadic

#B08A38 #38B08A #8A38B0

tetradic

#B08A38 #38B04E #385EB0 #B0389A

square

#B08A38 #38B04E #385EB0 #B0389A

split-complementary

#B08A38 #389AB0 #4E38B0

monochromatic

#53411A #826629 #B08A38 #CBA75B #D9C089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B08A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#B08A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B08A38

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B08A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B08A38	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b08a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.109 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab73',
    500: '#b08a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b08a38;
$custom-light: #cbab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b08a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65392,
    "c": 0.1091,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B08A38

secondary

#8096C4

accent

#7ADB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B08A38

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

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