#B38938#B38938

#B38938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.110 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38938
RGB	rgb(179, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, 7.51, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 48.67, 81.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% 0.0173 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.11 81)
XYZ	xyz(28.2516, 27.7625, 7.6113)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38938 #3862B3

analogous

#B34B38 #B38938 #9FB338

triadic

#B38938 #38B389 #8938B3

tetradic

#B38938 #38B34B #3862B3 #B3389F

square

#B38938 #38B34B #3862B3 #B3389F

split-complementary

#B38938 #389FB3 #4B38B3

monochromatic

#56421B #846529 #B38938 #CCA65C #DBBF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B38938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#B38938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38938

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38938	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.110 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab73',
    500: '#b38938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38938;
$custom-light: #ceab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.512,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65513,
    "c": 0.11004,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.27761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38938

secondary

#8299C5

accent

#7DDC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38938

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →