#B38D34#B38D34

#B38D34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.114 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D34
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 52)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 70.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, 5.07, 50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 51.17, 84.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% 0.0097 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.114 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7368, 28.8833, 7.3096)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D34 #345AB3

analogous

#B34D34 #B38D34 #99B334

triadic

#B38D34 #34B38D #8D34B3

tetradic

#B38D34 #34B34D #345AB3 #B33499

square

#B38D34 #34B34D #345AB3 #B33499

split-complementary

#B38D34 #3499B3 #4D34B3

monochromatic

#544218 #846826 #B38D34 #CEAA56 #DCC286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B38D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#B38D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D34

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D34	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)

#9E8D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.114 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae70',
    500: '#b38d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d34;
$custom-light: #ceae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.047,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66292,
    "c": 0.11438,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D34

secondary

#7D93C5

accent

#76DE49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D34

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

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