#B38D36#B38D36

#B38D36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.113 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D36
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, 5.18, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 50.33, 84.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% 0.0103 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.113 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7828, 28.9017, 7.5519)
Luminance	0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D36 #365CB3

analogous

#B34E36 #B38D36 #9AB336

triadic

#B38D36 #36B38D #8D36B3

tetradic

#B38D36 #36B34E #365CB3 #B3369A

square

#B38D36 #36B34E #365CB3 #B3369A

split-complementary

#B38D36 #369AB3 #4E36B3

monochromatic

#55431A #846828 #B38D36 #CDAA59 #DBC288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B38D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#B38D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D36

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D36	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)

#9E8D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7963A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.113 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae72',
    500: '#b38d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d36;
$custom-light: #ceae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.76,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6631,
    "c": 0.11299,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D36

secondary

#8095C5

accent

#77DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D36

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

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