#B38B4E#B38B4E

#B38B4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.093 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B4E
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 78)
HSL	hsl(36, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 56.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, 7.95, 38.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 38.91, 78.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% 0.0215 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.093 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1996, 28.6009, 11.1888)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B4E #4E76B3

analogous

#B3594E #B38B4E #A8B34E

triadic

#B38B4E #4EB38B #8B4EB3

tetradic

#B38B4E #4EB359 #4E76B3 #B34EA8

square

#B38B4E #4EB359 #4E76B3 #B34EA8

split-complementary

#B38B4E #4EA8B3 #594EB3

monochromatic

#5E4928 #896A3B #B38B4E #C5A779 #D8C3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B38B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#B38B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B4E

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B4E	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.093 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccac81',
    500: '#b38b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b4e;
$custom-light: #ccac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.238,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66181,
    "c": 0.09267,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B4E

secondary

#98AAC5

accent

#87D058

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B4E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →