#B38C33#B38C33

#B38C33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.115 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38C33
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 51)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, 5.57, 51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 51.38, 83.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% 0.011 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.115 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5677, 28.5808, 7.1433)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38C33 #335AB3

analogous

#B34C33 #B38C33 #9AB333

triadic

#B38C33 #33B38C #8C33B3

tetradic

#B38C33 #33B34C #335AB3 #B3339A

square

#B38C33 #33B34C #335AB3 #B3339A

split-complementary

#B38C33 #339AB3 #4C33B3

monochromatic

#544118 #836725 #B38C33 #CEA955 #DCC184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B38C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#B38C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38C33

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38C33	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.115 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cead70',
    500: '#b38c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38c33;
$custom-light: #cead70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.719,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66078,
    "c": 0.11465,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38C33

secondary

#7C93C6

accent

#77DF49

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38C33

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

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