#B38B38#B38B38

#B38B38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.111 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B38
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, 6.40, 48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 49.05, 82.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.0141 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.111 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5385, 28.3364, 7.7070)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B38 #3860B3

analogous

#B34D38 #B38B38 #9DB338

triadic

#B38B38 #38B38B #8B38B3

tetradic

#B38B38 #38B34D #3860B3 #B3389D

square

#B38B38 #38B34D #3860B3 #B3389D

split-complementary

#B38B38 #389DB3 #4D38B3

monochromatic

#56431B #846729 #B38B38 #CCA85C #DBC18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#B38B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#B38B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B38

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B38	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.111 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdac73',
    500: '#b38b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b38;
$custom-light: #cdac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.488,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6592,
    "c": 0.11073,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B38

secondary

#8298C5

accent

#7BDC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B38

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

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