#B38D41#B38D41

#B38D41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.105 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D41
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 65)
HSL	hsl(40, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 63.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, 5.86, 45.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 45.44, 82.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% 0.0137 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.105 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0710, 29.0170, 9.0697)
Luminance	0.2902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D41 #4167B3

analogous

#B35441 #B38D41 #A0B341

triadic

#B38D41 #41B38D #8D41B3

tetradic

#B38D41 #41B354 #4167B3 #B341A0

square

#B38D41 #41B354 #4167B3 #B341A0

split-complementary

#B38D41 #41A0B3 #5441B3

monochromatic

#594620 #866A31 #B38D41 #C8A969 #D9C296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#B38D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#B38D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D41

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D41	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)

#9D8D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.105 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae78',
    500: '#b38d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d41;
$custom-light: #cdae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66422,
    "c": 0.10456,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D41

secondary

#8B9EC4

accent

#7ED651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D41

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

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