#B38D42#B38D42

#B38D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.104 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D42
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, 5.93, 44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 44.98, 82.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% 0.014 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.104 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1002, 29.0287, 9.2236)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D42 #4268B3

analogous

#B35442 #B38D42 #A0B342

triadic

#B38D42 #42B38D #8D42B3

tetradic

#B38D42 #42B354 #4268B3 #B342A0

square

#B38D42 #42B354 #4268B3 #B342A0

split-complementary

#B38D42 #42A0B3 #5442B3

monochromatic

#5A4721 #866A32 #B38D42 #C8A86A #D9C297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#B38D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#B38D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D42

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D42	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.104 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae79',
    500: '#b38d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d42;
$custom-light: #cdae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.823,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66434,
    "c": 0.10373,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D42

secondary

#8C9FC4

accent

#7ED652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D42

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

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