#B38B4A#B38B4A

#B38B4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.096 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B4A
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 74)
HSL	hsl(37, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 58.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, 7.63, 40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 40.82, 79.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% 0.02 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.096 78)
XYZ	xyz(29.0606, 28.5452, 10.4564)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B4A #4A72B3

analogous

#B3574A #B38B4A #A7B34A

triadic

#B38B4A #4AB38B #8B4AB3

tetradic

#B38B4A #4AB357 #4A72B3 #B34AA7

square

#B38B4A #4AB357 #4A72B3 #B34AA7

split-complementary

#B38B4A #4AA7B3 #574AB3

monochromatic

#5C4826 #886938 #B38B4A #C6A774 #D8C2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B38B4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#B38B4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B4A

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B4A	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8C44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4964C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.096 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdac7e',
    500: '#b38b4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b4a;
$custom-light: #cdac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66126,
    "c": 0.0962,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.28543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B4A

secondary

#94A7C4

accent

#85D156

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B4A

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

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