#B38D3F#B38D3F

#B38D3F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.106 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D3F
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 63)
HSL	hsl(40, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 64.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, 5.73, 46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 46.36, 82.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.013 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.106 83)
XYZ	xyz(29.0141, 28.9942, 8.7699)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D3F #3F65B3

analogous

#B3533F #B38D3F #9FB33F

triadic

#B38D3F #3FB38D #8D3FB3

tetradic

#B38D3F #3FB353 #3F65B3 #B33F9F

square

#B38D3F #3FB353 #3F65B3 #B33F9F

split-complementary

#B38D3F #3F9FB3 #533FB3

monochromatic

#58461F #86692F #B38D3F #C9A966 #D9C293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#B38D3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#B38D3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D3F

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D3F	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)

#9D8D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.106 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae77',
    500: '#b38d3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d3f;
$custom-light: #cdae77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.345,
    "s": 47.934,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.664,
    "c": 0.10617,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.28992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D3F

secondary

#899DC4

accent

#7DD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D3F

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

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