#B38D33#B38D33

#B38D33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.115 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D33
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 51)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, 5.02, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 51.59, 84.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% 0.0094 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.115 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7145, 28.8744, 7.1922)
Luminance	0.2887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D33 #3359B3

analogous

#B34D33 #B38D33 #99B333

triadic

#B38D33 #33B38D #8D33B3

tetradic

#B38D33 #33B34D #3359B3 #B33399

square

#B38D33 #33B34D #3359B3 #B33399

split-complementary

#B38D33 #3399B3 #4D33B3

monochromatic

#544218 #836725 #B38D33 #CEAA55 #DCC284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B38D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#B38D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D33

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D33	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)

#9E8D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.115 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae70',
    500: '#b38d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d33;
$custom-light: #ceae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.188,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66283,
    "c": 0.11507,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D33

secondary

#7C92C6

accent

#75DF49

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D33

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

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