#B38D32#B38D32

#B38D32 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.116 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D32
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 50)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 72.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, 4.97, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 52.00, 84.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0091 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.116 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6927, 28.8657, 7.0774)
Luminance	0.2886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D32 #3258B3

analogous

#B34D32 #B38D32 #98B332

triadic

#B38D32 #32B38D #8D32B3

tetradic

#B38D32 #32B34D #3258B3 #B33298

square

#B38D32 #32B34D #3258B3 #B33298

split-complementary

#B38D32 #3298B3 #4D32B3

monochromatic

#534217 #836725 #B38D32 #CFAB53 #DCC283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B38D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#B38D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D32

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D32	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)

#9E8C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.116 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae6f',
    500: '#b38d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d32;
$custom-light: #ceae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.326,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66275,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D32

secondary

#7B91C6

accent

#75E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D32

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

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