#B38B2B#B38B2B

#B38B2B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.119 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B2B
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 43)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 76%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, 5.74, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 54.37, 83.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.0105 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.119 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2608, 28.2254, 6.2446)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B2B #2B53B3

analogous

#B3472B #B38B2B #97B32B

triadic

#B38B2B #2BB38B #8B2BB3

tetradic

#B38B2B #2BB347 #2B53B3 #B32B97

square

#B38B2B #2BB347 #2B53B3 #B32B97

split-complementary

#B38B2B #2B97B3 #472BB3

monochromatic

#503E13 #82651F #B38B2B #D3AA48 #DFC179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B38B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#B38B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B2B

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B2B	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)

#9D8B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.119 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac6b',
    500: '#b38b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b2b;
$custom-light: #ceac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6581,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B2B

secondary

#738CC7

accent

#73E443

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B2B

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

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