#B38C2A#B38C2A

#B38C2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.120 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38C2A
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 42)
HSL	hsl(43, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.35, 5.15, 54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.35, 54.94, 84.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% 0.0087 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.12 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3882, 28.5090, 6.1976)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38C2A #2A51B3

analogous

#B3482A #B38C2A #95B32A

triadic

#B38C2A #2AB38C #8C2AB3

tetradic

#B38C2A #2AB348 #2A51B3 #B32A95

square

#B38C2A #2AB348 #2A51B3 #B32A95

split-complementary

#B38C2A #2A95B3 #482AB3

monochromatic

#503E13 #81651E #B38C2A #D4AC46 #DFC278

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B38C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#B38C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38C2A

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38C2A	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	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)

#9E8B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.120 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cead6b',
    500: '#b38c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38c2a;
$custom-light: #cead6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.92,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66007,
    "c": 0.1203,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38C2A

secondary

#728AC7

accent

#71E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38C2A

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

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