#B38D45#B38D45

#B38D45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.101 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D45
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 69)
HSL	hsl(39, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 61.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, 6.14, 43.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 43.59, 81.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.015 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.101 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1910, 29.0650, 9.7017)
Luminance	0.2906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D45 #456BB3

analogous

#B35645 #B38D45 #A2B345

triadic

#B38D45 #45B38D #8D45B3

tetradic

#B38D45 #45B356 #456BB3 #B345A2

square

#B38D45 #45B356 #456BB3 #B345A2

split-complementary

#B38D45 #45A2B3 #5645B3

monochromatic

#5B4723 #876A34 #B38D45 #C7A86E #D8C39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B38D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#B38D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D45

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D45	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)

#9D8D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.101 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae7b',
    500: '#b38d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d45;
$custom-light: #cdae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.273,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66469,
    "c": 0.10122,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D45

secondary

#8FA2C4

accent

#80D454

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D45

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

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