#B38D44#B38D44

#B38D44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.102 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D44
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 68)
HSL	hsl(39, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 62%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, 6.07, 43.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 44.05, 82.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% 0.0147 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.102 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1602, 29.0527, 9.5396)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D44 #446AB3

analogous

#B35544 #B38D44 #A1B344

triadic

#B38D44 #44B38D #8D44B3

tetradic

#B38D44 #44B355 #446AB3 #B344A1

square

#B38D44 #44B355 #446AB3 #B344A1

split-complementary

#B38D44 #44A1B3 #5544B3

monochromatic

#5A4722 #876A33 #B38D44 #C7A86D #D8C399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B38D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#B38D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D44

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D44	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)

#9D8D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.102 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae7a',
    500: '#b38d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d44;
$custom-light: #cdae7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.459,
    "s": 44.939,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66457,
    "c": 0.10206,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D44

secondary

#8EA1C4

accent

#7FD553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D44

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

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