#B38342#B38342

#B38342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.101 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38342
RGB	rgb(179, 131, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, 11.48, 41.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 43.23, 74.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.0303 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.101 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6917, 26.2117, 8.7541)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38342 #4272B3

analogous

#B34A42 #B38342 #AAB342

triadic

#B38342 #42B383 #8342B3

tetradic

#B38342 #42B34A #4272B3 #B342AA

square

#B38342 #42B34A #4272B3 #B342AA

split-complementary

#B38342 #42AAB3 #4A42B3

monochromatic

#5A4221 #866232 #B38342 #C8A06A #D9BD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#B38342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#B38342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38342

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38342	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94853C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 131, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.101 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda778',
    500: '#b38342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38342;
$custom-light: #cda778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.513,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64421,
    "c": 0.10116,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38342

secondary

#8CA4C4

accent

#8AD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38342

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

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