#B38C31#B38C31

#B38C31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.116 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38C31
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, 5.47, 51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 52.20, 83.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% 0.0105 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.116 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5246, 28.5636, 6.9161)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38C31 #3158B3

analogous

#B34B31 #B38C31 #99B331

triadic

#B38C31 #31B38C #8C31B3

tetradic

#B38C31 #31B34B #3158B3 #B33199

square

#B38C31 #31B34B #3158B3 #B33199

split-complementary

#B38C31 #3199B3 #4B31B3

monochromatic

#534117 #836624 #B38C31 #D0AA52 #DDC182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B38C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#B38C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38C31

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38C31	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)

#9D8C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.116 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cead6f',
    500: '#b38c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38c31;
$custom-light: #cead6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66061,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38C31

secondary

#7A91C6

accent

#75E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38C31

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

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