#B38C49#B38C49

#B38C49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.097 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38C49
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 59.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, 6.99, 40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 41.49, 80.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% 0.0181 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.097 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1726, 28.8228, 10.3289)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38C49 #4970B3

analogous

#B35749 #B38C49 #A5B349

triadic

#B38C49 #49B38C #8C49B3

tetradic

#B38C49 #49B357 #4970B3 #B349A5

square

#B38C49 #49B357 #4970B3 #B349A5

split-complementary

#B38C49 #49A5B3 #5749B3

monochromatic

#5C4826 #886A37 #B38C49 #C6A873 #D8C39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B38C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#B38C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38C49

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38C49	1.00	3.10	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5964B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.097 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdad7e',
    500: '#b38c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38c49;
$custom-light: #cdad7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.925,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66316,
    "c": 0.0974,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38C49

secondary

#93A5C4

accent

#84D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38C49

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

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