#B38D2E#B38D2E

#B38D2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.118 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D2E
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 46)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 74.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, 4.77, 53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 53.61, 84.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% 0.0081 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.118 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6102, 28.8327, 6.6426)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D2E #2E54B3

analogous

#B34B2E #B38D2E #97B32E

triadic

#B38D2E #2EB38D #8D2EB3

tetradic

#B38D2E #2EB34B #2E54B3 #B32E97

square

#B38D2E #2EB34B #2E54B3 #B32E97

split-complementary

#B38D2E #2E97B3 #4B2EB3

monochromatic

#524015 #826721 #B38D2E #D1AB4D #DEC27E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B38D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#B38D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D2E

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D2E	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.118 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae6d',
    500: '#b38d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d2e;
$custom-light: #ceae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66242,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D2E

secondary

#768DC6

accent

#72E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D2E

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

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