#B38D35#B38D35

#B38D35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.114 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D35
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, 5.13, 50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 50.75, 84.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% 0.01 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.114 85)
XYZ	xyz(28.7596, 28.8924, 7.4295)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D35 #355BB3

analogous

#B34E35 #B38D35 #9AB335

triadic

#B38D35 #35B38D #8D35B3

tetradic

#B38D35 #35B34E #355BB3 #B3359A

square

#B38D35 #35B34E #355BB3 #B3359A

split-complementary

#B38D35 #359AB3 #4E35B3

monochromatic

#554319 #846827 #B38D35 #CDAA58 #DBC287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B38D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#B38D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D35

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D35	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)

#9E8D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.114 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae71',
    500: '#b38d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d35;
$custom-light: #ceae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.905,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66301,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.28891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D35

secondary

#7F94C5

accent

#77DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D35

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

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