#B08B38#B08B38

#B08B38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.110 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B08B38
RGB	rgb(176, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, 5.07, 48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 48.47, 84.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.0104 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.11 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8525, 27.9827, 7.6748)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B08B38 #385DB0

analogous

#B04F38 #B08B38 #99B038

triadic

#B08B38 #38B08B #8B38B0

tetradic

#B08B38 #38B04F #385DB0 #B03899

square

#B08B38 #38B04F #385DB0 #B03899

split-complementary

#B08B38 #3899B0 #4F38B0

monochromatic

#53421A #826629 #B08B38 #CBA85B #D9C189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B08B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#B08B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B08B38

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B08B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B08B38	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b08b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.110 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbac73',
    500: '#b08b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b08b38;
$custom-light: #cbac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b08b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.5,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65597,
    "c": 0.10952,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B08B38

secondary

#8095C4

accent

#79DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B08B38

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

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