#B38C30#B38C30

#B38C30 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.117 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38C30
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 48)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 73.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, 5.42, 52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 52.61, 84.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% 0.0102 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.117 85)
XYZ	xyz(28.5037, 28.5552, 6.8062)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38C30 #3057B3

analogous

#B34A30 #B38C30 #99B330

triadic

#B38C30 #30B38C #8C30B3

tetradic

#B38C30 #30B34A #3057B3 #B33099

square

#B38C30 #30B34A #3057B3 #B33099

split-complementary

#B38C30 #3099B3 #4A30B3

monochromatic

#524116 #836623 #B38C30 #D0AA50 #DDC180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B38C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#B38C30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38C30

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38C30	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)

#9D8C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.117 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cead6e',
    500: '#b38c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38c30;
$custom-light: #cead6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.137,
    "s": 57.709,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66053,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.28553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38C30

secondary

#7990C6

accent

#75E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38C30

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

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