#B38A2F#B38A2F

#B38A2F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.117 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38A2F
RGB	rgb(179, 138, 47)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 73.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, 6.48, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 52.62, 82.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% 0.0131 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.117 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1937, 27.9679, 6.6022)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38A2F #2F58B3

analogous

#B3482F #B38A2F #9AB32F

triadic

#B38A2F #2FB38A #8A2FB3

tetradic

#B38A2F #2FB348 #2F58B3 #B32F9A

square

#B38A2F #2FB348 #2F58B3 #B32F9A

split-complementary

#B38A2F #2F9AB3 #482FB3

monochromatic

#523F16 #836522 #B38A2F #D1A84F #DDC07F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B38A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#B38A2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38A2F

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38A2F	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)

#9C8A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 138, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.117 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab6d',
    500: '#b38a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38a2f;
$custom-light: #ceab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.364,
    "s": 58.407,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65636,
    "c": 0.1165,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38A2F

secondary

#7890C6

accent

#76E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38A2F

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

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