#B38A2B#B38A2B

#B38A2B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.119 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38A2B
RGB	rgb(179, 138, 43)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 76%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, 6.29, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 54.18, 83.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.0121 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.119 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1167, 27.9371, 6.1965)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38A2B #2B54B3

analogous

#B3462B #B38A2B #98B32B

triadic

#B38A2B #2BB38A #8A2BB3

tetradic

#B38A2B #2BB346 #2B54B3 #B32B98

square

#B38A2B #2BB346 #2B54B3 #B32B98

split-complementary

#B38A2B #2B98B3 #462BB3

monochromatic

#503E13 #82641F #B38A2B #D3A948 #DFC079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B38A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#B38A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38A2B

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38A2B	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 138, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.119 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab6b',
    500: '#b38a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38a2b;
$custom-light: #ceab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.912,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65606,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38A2B

secondary

#738CC7

accent

#74E443

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38A2B

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

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