#B38C4E#B38C4E

#B38C4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.093 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38C4E
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 78)
HSL	hsl(37, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 56.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, 7.39, 38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 39.11, 79.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% 0.0199 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.093 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3451, 28.8918, 11.2373)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38C4E #4E75B3

analogous

#B3594E #B38C4E #A7B34E

triadic

#B38C4E #4EB38C #8C4EB3

tetradic

#B38C4E #4EB359 #4E75B3 #B34EA7

square

#B38C4E #4EB359 #4E75B3 #B34EA7

split-complementary

#B38C4E #4EA7B3 #594EB3

monochromatic

#5E4928 #896B3B #B38C4E #C5A879 #D8C4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B38C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#B38C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38C4E

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38C4E	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.093 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccad81',
    500: '#b38c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38c4e;
$custom-light: #ccad81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.832,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66384,
    "c": 0.09296,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38C4E

secondary

#98A9C5

accent

#86D058

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38C4E

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

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