#B38C38#B38C38

#B38C38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.111 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38C38
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, 5.85, 48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 49.26, 83.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% 0.0124 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.111 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6840, 28.6273, 7.7555)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38C38 #385FB3

analogous

#B34F38 #B38C38 #9CB338

triadic

#B38C38 #38B38C #8C38B3

tetradic

#B38C38 #38B34F #385FB3 #B3389C

square

#B38C38 #38B34F #385FB3 #B3389C

split-complementary

#B38C38 #389CB3 #4F38B3

monochromatic

#56431B #846829 #B38C38 #CCA95C #DBC18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#B38C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#B38C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38C38

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38C38	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.111 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdad73',
    500: '#b38c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38c38;
$custom-light: #cdad73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.976,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66124,
    "c": 0.11113,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38C38

secondary

#8297C5

accent

#7ADC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38C38

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

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