#B38438#B38438

#B38438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.109 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38438
RGB	rgb(179, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, 10.28, 46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 47.83, 77.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% 0.0254 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.109 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5572, 26.3738, 7.3799)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38438 #3867B3

analogous

#B34638 #B38438 #A4B338

triadic

#B38438 #38B384 #8438B3

tetradic

#B38438 #38B346 #3867B3 #B338A4

square

#B38438 #38B346 #3867B3 #B338A4

split-complementary

#B38438 #38A4B3 #4638B3

monochromatic

#563F1B #846229 #B38438 #CCA15C #DBBC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#B38438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#B38438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38438

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38438	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.109 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea772',
    500: '#b38438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38438;
$custom-light: #cea772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.073,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64508,
    "c": 0.10876,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38438

secondary

#829BC5

accent

#83DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38438

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

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