#B38B32#B38B32

#B38B32 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.115 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B32
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 50)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 72.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, 6.07, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 51.59, 83.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.0123 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.115 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4005, 28.2812, 6.9800)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B32 #325AB3

analogous

#B34A32 #B38B32 #9BB332

triadic

#B38B32 #32B38B #8B32B3

tetradic

#B38B32 #32B34A #325AB3 #B3329B

square

#B38B32 #32B34A #325AB3 #B3329B

split-complementary

#B38B32 #329BB3 #4A32B3

monochromatic

#534117 #836625 #B38B32 #CFA953 #DCC183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B38B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#B38B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B32

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B32	1.00	3.16	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.115 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac6f',
    500: '#b38b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b32;
$custom-light: #ceac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.395,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65865,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B32

secondary

#7B92C6

accent

#77E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B32

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

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