#B38C2F#B38C2F

#B38C2F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.117 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38C2F
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 47)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 73.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, 5.37, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 53.01, 84.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% 0.0099 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.117 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4833, 28.5471, 6.6987)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38C2F #2F56B3

analogous

#B34A2F #B38C2F #98B32F

triadic

#B38C2F #2FB38C #8C2FB3

tetradic

#B38C2F #2FB34A #2F56B3 #B32F98

square

#B38C2F #2FB34A #2F56B3 #B32F98

split-complementary

#B38C2F #2F98B3 #4A2FB3

monochromatic

#524016 #836622 #B38C2F #D1AA4F #DDC27F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B38C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#B38C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38C2F

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38C2F	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)

#9D8C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.117 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cead6e',
    500: '#b38c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38c2f;
$custom-light: #cead6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 58.407,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66045,
    "c": 0.11728,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38C2F

secondary

#788FC6

accent

#74E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38C2F

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

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