#B38B45#B38B45

#B38B45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.100 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B45
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 69)
HSL	hsl(38, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 61.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, 7.25, 42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 43.17, 80.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% 0.0183 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.1 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8988, 28.4805, 9.6043)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B45 #456DB3

analogous

#B35445 #B38B45 #A4B345

triadic

#B38B45 #45B38B #8B45B3

tetradic

#B38B45 #45B354 #456DB3 #B345A4

square

#B38B45 #45B354 #456DB3 #B345A4

split-complementary

#B38B45 #45A4B3 #5445B3

monochromatic

#5B4623 #876934 #B38B45 #C7A76E #D8C29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#B38B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#B38B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B45

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B45	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.100 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdac7b',
    500: '#b38b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b45;
$custom-light: #cdac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66062,
    "c": 0.10049,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B45

secondary

#8FA3C4

accent

#82D454

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B45

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

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