#B38B40#B38B40

#B38B40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.105 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B40
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, 6.90, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 45.48, 81.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66% 0.0166 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.105 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7500, 28.4210, 8.8210)
Luminance	0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B40 #4068B3

analogous

#B35140 #B38B40 #A2B340

triadic

#B38B40 #40B38B #8B40B3

tetradic

#B38B40 #40B351 #4068B3 #B340A2

square

#B38B40 #40B351 #4068B3 #B340A2

split-complementary

#B38B40 #40A2B3 #5140B3

monochromatic

#594520 #866830 #B38B40 #C9A767 #D9C194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#B38B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#B38B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B40

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B40	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.105 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdac78',
    500: '#b38b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b40;
$custom-light: #cdac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66004,
    "c": 0.1046,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B40

secondary

#8A9FC4

accent

#7FD751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B40

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

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