#B38B46#B38B46

#B38B46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.100 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B46
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 70)
HSL	hsl(38, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 60.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, 7.32, 42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 42.70, 80.13°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% 0.0186 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.1 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9301, 28.4930, 9.7691)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B46 #466EB3

analogous

#B35546 #B38B46 #A5B346

triadic

#B38B46 #46B38B #8B46B3

tetradic

#B38B46 #46B355 #466EB3 #B346A5

square

#B38B46 #46B355 #466EB3 #B346A5

split-complementary

#B38B46 #46A5B3 #5546B3

monochromatic

#5B4724 #876935 #B38B46 #C7A76F #D8C29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#B38B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#B38B46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B46

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B46	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)

#9B8C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.100 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdac7c',
    500: '#b38b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b46;
$custom-light: #cdac7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.982,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66075,
    "c": 0.09965,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B46

secondary

#90A4C4

accent

#83D454

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B46

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

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