#B38142#B38142

#B38142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.101 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38142
RGB	rgb(179, 129, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, 12.59, 41.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 42.98, 72.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% 0.0336 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.101 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4257, 25.6797, 8.6654)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38142 #4274B3

analogous

#B34842 #B38142 #ACB342

triadic

#B38142 #42B381 #8142B3

tetradic

#B38142 #42B348 #4274B3 #B342AC

square

#B38142 #42B348 #4274B3 #B342AC

split-complementary

#B38142 #42ACB3 #4842B3

monochromatic

#5A4121 #866132 #B38142 #C89F6A #D9BB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B38142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#B38142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38142

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38142	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92843C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 129, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.101 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda578',
    500: '#b38142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38142;
$custom-light: #cda578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.451,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64026,
    "c": 0.10101,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38142

secondary

#8CA5C4

accent

#8CD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38142

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

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