#B38431#B38431

#B38431 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.114 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38431
RGB	rgb(179, 132, 49)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.33, 9.90, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.33, 50.80, 78.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% 0.0233 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.114 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3978, 26.3101, 6.5405)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38431 #3160B3

analogous

#B34331 #B38431 #A1B331

triadic

#B38431 #31B384 #8431B3

tetradic

#B38431 #31B343 #3160B3 #B331A1

square

#B38431 #31B343 #3160B3 #B331A1

split-complementary

#B38431 #31A1B3 #4331B3

monochromatic

#533D17 #836124 #B38431 #D0A252 #DDBC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#B38431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#B38431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38431

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38431	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 132, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.114 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea76e',
    500: '#b38431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38431;
$custom-light: #cea76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.308,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64442,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38431

secondary

#7A95C6

accent

#7FE048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38431

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

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