#B38D2D#B38D2D

#B38D2D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.119 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D2D
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 45)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 74.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, 4.73, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 54.00, 84.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% 0.0078 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.119 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5907, 28.8249, 6.5400)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D2D #2D53B3

analogous

#B34A2D #B38D2D #96B32D

triadic

#B38D2D #2DB38D #8D2DB3

tetradic

#B38D2D #2DB34A #2D53B3 #B32D96

square

#B38D2D #2DB34A #2D53B3 #B32D96

split-complementary

#B38D2D #2D96B3 #4A2DB3

monochromatic

#514014 #826621 #B38D2D #D2AC4B #DEC27C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B38D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#B38D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D2D

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D2D	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)

#9E8C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.119 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae6d',
    500: '#b38d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d2d;
$custom-light: #ceae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.985,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66235,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D2D

secondary

#758CC7

accent

#72E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D2D

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

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