#B38B30#B38B30

#B38B30 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.116 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B30
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 48)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 73.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, 5.97, 52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 52.41, 83.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.0118 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.116 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3583, 28.2643, 6.7577)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B30 #3058B3

analogous

#B34930 #B38B30 #9AB330

triadic

#B38B30 #30B38B #8B30B3

tetradic

#B38B30 #30B349 #3058B3 #B3309A

square

#B38B30 #30B349 #3058B3 #B3309A

split-complementary

#B38B30 #309AB3 #4930B3

monochromatic

#524016 #836623 #B38B30 #D0A950 #DDC180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B38B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#B38B30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B30

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B30	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)

#9C8B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.116 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac6e',
    500: '#b38b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b30;
$custom-light: #ceac6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.679,
    "s": 57.709,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65848,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B30

secondary

#7990C6

accent

#76E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B30

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

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