#B38C40#B38C40

#B38C40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.105 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38C40
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.53, 6.35, 45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.53, 45.69, 82.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% 0.015 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.105 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8955, 28.7119, 8.8695)
Luminance	0.2871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38C40 #4067B3

analogous

#B35240 #B38C40 #A1B340

triadic

#B38C40 #40B38C #8C40B3

tetradic

#B38C40 #40B352 #4067B3 #B340A1

square

#B38C40 #40B352 #4067B3 #B340A1

split-complementary

#B38C40 #40A1B3 #5240B3

monochromatic

#594520 #866930 #B38C40 #C9A867 #D9C294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B38C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#B38C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38C40

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38C40	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.105 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdad78',
    500: '#b38c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38c40;
$custom-light: #cdad78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.652,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66207,
    "c": 0.10497,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38C40

secondary

#8A9EC4

accent

#7ED751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38C40

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

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