#B38B2F#B38B2F

#B38B2F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.117 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B2F
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 47)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 73.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, 5.92, 52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 52.81, 83.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% 0.0115 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.117 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3379, 28.2562, 6.6502)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B2F #2F57B3

analogous

#B3492F #B38B2F #99B32F

triadic

#B38B2F #2FB38B #8B2FB3

tetradic

#B38B2F #2FB349 #2F57B3 #B32F99

square

#B38B2F #2FB349 #2F57B3 #B32F99

split-complementary

#B38B2F #2F99B3 #492FB3

monochromatic

#524016 #836522 #B38B2F #D1A94F #DDC17F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B38B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#B38B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B2F

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B2F	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.117 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac6d',
    500: '#b38b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b2f;
$custom-light: #ceac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 58.407,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6584,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B2F

secondary

#788FC6

accent

#75E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B2F

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

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