#B38B31#B38B31

#B38B31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.116 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B31
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, 6.02, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 52.00, 83.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.0121 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.116 84)
XYZ	xyz(28.3791, 28.2727, 6.8676)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B31 #3159B3

analogous

#B34A31 #B38B31 #9AB331

triadic

#B38B31 #31B38B #8B31B3

tetradic

#B38B31 #31B34A #3159B3 #B3319A

square

#B38B31 #31B34A #3159B3 #B3319A

split-complementary

#B38B31 #319AB3 #4A31B3

monochromatic

#534017 #836624 #B38B31 #D0A952 #DDC182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B38B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#B38B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B31

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B31	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)

#9C8B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.116 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac6f',
    500: '#b38b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b31;
$custom-light: #ceac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65857,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.28271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B31

secondary

#7A91C6

accent

#77E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B31

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

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