#B38B2A#B38B2A

#B38B2A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.120 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B2A
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(42, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, 5.70, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 54.75, 84.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0103 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.12 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2427, 28.2181, 6.1492)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B2A #2A52B3

analogous

#B3462A #B38B2A #96B32A

triadic

#B38B2A #2AB38B #8B2AB3

tetradic

#B38B2A #2AB346 #2A52B3 #B32A96

square

#B38B2A #2AB346 #2A52B3 #B32A96

split-complementary

#B38B2A #2A96B3 #462AB3

monochromatic

#503E13 #81651E #B38B2A #D4AA46 #DFC178

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B38B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#B38B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B2A

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B2A	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.120 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac6b',
    500: '#b38b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b2a;
$custom-light: #ceac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.482,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65803,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B2A

secondary

#728BC7

accent

#72E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B2A

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

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