#B38C32#B38C32

#B38C32 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.115 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38C32
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 50)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 72.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, 5.52, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 51.79, 83.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% 0.0107 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.115 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5459, 28.5721, 7.0285)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38C32 #3259B3

analogous

#B34B32 #B38C32 #9AB332

triadic

#B38C32 #32B38C #8C32B3

tetradic

#B38C32 #32B34B #3259B3 #B3329A

square

#B38C32 #32B34B #3259B3 #B3329A

split-complementary

#B38C32 #329AB3 #4B32B3

monochromatic

#534117 #836725 #B38C32 #CFAA53 #DCC183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B38C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#B38C32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38C32

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38C32	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)

#9D8C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.115 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cead6f',
    500: '#b38c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38c32;
$custom-light: #cead6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.86,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6607,
    "c": 0.11532,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38C32

secondary

#7B92C6

accent

#76E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38C32

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

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