#B08C38#B08C38

#B08C38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.110 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B08C38
RGB	rgb(176, 140, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, 4.52, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 48.69, 84.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0088 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.11 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9980, 28.2736, 7.7233)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B08C38 #385CB0

analogous

#B05038 #B08C38 #98B038

triadic

#B08C38 #38B08C #8C38B0

tetradic

#B08C38 #38B050 #385CB0 #B03898

square

#B08C38 #38B050 #385CB0 #B03898

split-complementary

#B08C38 #3898B0 #5038B0

monochromatic

#53421A #826729 #B08C38 #CBA95B #D9C189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B08C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#B08C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B08C38

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B08C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B08C38	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b08c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 140, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.110 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbad73',
    500: '#b08c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b08c38;
$custom-light: #cbad73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b08c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65803,
    "c": 0.10997,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B08C38

secondary

#8094C4

accent

#77DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B08C38

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

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