#B38B34#B38B34

#B38B34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.114 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B34
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 52)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 70.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, 6.18, 50.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 50.76, 83.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.0129 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.114 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4446, 28.2988, 7.2122)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B34 #345CB3

analogous

#B34B34 #B38B34 #9CB334

triadic

#B38B34 #34B38B #8B34B3

tetradic

#B38B34 #34B34B #345CB3 #B3349C

square

#B38B34 #34B34B #345CB3 #B3349C

split-complementary

#B38B34 #349CB3 #4B34B3

monochromatic

#544118 #846626 #B38B34 #CEA856 #DCC186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#B38B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#B38B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B34

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B34	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	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)

#9C8B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.114 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac70',
    500: '#b38b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b34;
$custom-light: #ceac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.102,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65883,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B34

secondary

#7D94C5

accent

#78DE49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B34

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

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