#B38542#B38542

#B38542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.101 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38542
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, 10.36, 42.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 43.51, 76.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% 0.027 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.101 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9629, 26.7541, 8.8445)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38542 #4270B3

analogous

#B34C42 #B38542 #A8B342

triadic

#B38542 #42B385 #8542B3

tetradic

#B38542 #42B34C #4270B3 #B342A8

square

#B38542 #42B34C #4270B3 #B342A8

split-complementary

#B38542 #42A8B3 #4C42B3

monochromatic

#5A4321 #866432 #B38542 #C8A26A #D9BE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#B38542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#B38542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38542

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38542	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96873B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.101 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda879',
    500: '#b38542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38542;
$custom-light: #cda879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.575,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64819,
    "c": 0.10143,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38542

secondary

#8CA3C4

accent

#88D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38542

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

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