#B38C39#B38C39

#B38C39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.110 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38C39
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 57)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 68.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.46, 5.91, 48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.46, 48.82, 83.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% 0.0127 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.11 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7087, 28.6372, 7.8856)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38C39 #3960B3

analogous

#B34F39 #B38C39 #9DB339

triadic

#B38C39 #39B38C #8C39B3

tetradic

#B38C39 #39B34F #3960B3 #B3399D

square

#B38C39 #39B34F #3960B3 #B3399D

split-complementary

#B38C39 #399DB3 #4F39B3

monochromatic

#56431B #85682A #B38C39 #CCA85E #DAC18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#B38C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#B38C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38C39

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38C39	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)

#9D8C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.110 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdad73',
    500: '#b38c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38c39;
$custom-light: #cdad73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.82,
    "s": 51.695,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66134,
    "c": 0.11039,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38C39

secondary

#8398C5

accent

#7ADB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38C39

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

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