#B38D40#B38D40

#B38D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.105 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D40
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, 5.79, 45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 45.90, 82.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% 0.0134 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.105 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0423, 29.0055, 8.9184)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D40 #4066B3

analogous

#B35440 #B38D40 #9FB340

triadic

#B38D40 #40B38D #8D40B3

tetradic

#B38D40 #40B354 #4066B3 #B3409F

square

#B38D40 #40B354 #4066B3 #B3409F

split-complementary

#B38D40 #409FB3 #5440B3

monochromatic

#594620 #866930 #B38D40 #C9A967 #D9C294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#B38D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#B38D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D40

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D40	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)

#9D8D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.105 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae78',
    500: '#b38d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d40;
$custom-light: #cdae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.174,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66411,
    "c": 0.10537,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D40

secondary

#8A9EC4

accent

#7DD751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D40

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

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