#B38D43#B38D43

#B38D43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.103 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D43
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 67)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 62.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, 6.00, 44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 44.52, 82.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% 0.0144 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.103 82)
XYZ	xyz(29.1300, 29.0406, 9.3802)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D43 #4369B3

analogous

#B35543 #B38D43 #A1B343

triadic

#B38D43 #43B38D #8D43B3

tetradic

#B38D43 #43B355 #4369B3 #B343A1

square

#B38D43 #43B355 #4369B3 #B343A1

split-complementary

#B38D43 #43A1B3 #5543B3

monochromatic

#5A4722 #866A32 #B38D43 #C8A86B #D8C398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B38D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#B38D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D43

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D43	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	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)

#9D8D3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.103 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae7a',
    500: '#b38d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d43;
$custom-light: #cdae7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.643,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66445,
    "c": 0.10291,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.29039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D43

secondary

#8DA0C4

accent

#7FD553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D43

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →