#B38D3E#B38D3E

#B38D3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.107 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D3E
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 62)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 65.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, 5.66, 46.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 46.81, 83.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% 0.0127 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.107 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9864, 28.9832, 8.6241)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D3E #3E64B3

analogous

#B3533E #B38D3E #9FB33E

triadic

#B38D3E #3EB38D #8D3EB3

tetradic

#B38D3E #3EB353 #3E64B3 #B33E9F

square

#B38D3E #3EB353 #3E64B3 #B33E9F

split-complementary

#B38D3E #3E9FB3 #533EB3

monochromatic

#58451F #86692E #B38D3E #CAA965 #D9C292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#B38D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#B38D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D3E

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D3E	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.107 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae77',
    500: '#b38d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d3e;
$custom-light: #cdae77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.513,
    "s": 48.548,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66389,
    "c": 0.10697,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D3E

secondary

#889CC5

accent

#7CD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D3E

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

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