#B38D46#B38D46

#B38D46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.100 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D46
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 70)
HSL	hsl(39, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 60.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, 6.22, 42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 43.12, 81.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% 0.0154 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.1 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2223, 29.0775, 9.8665)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D46 #466CB3

analogous

#B35746 #B38D46 #A3B346

triadic

#B38D46 #46B38D #8D46B3

tetradic

#B38D46 #46B357 #466CB3 #B346A3

square

#B38D46 #46B357 #466CB3 #B346A3

split-complementary

#B38D46 #46A3B3 #5746B3

monochromatic

#5B4824 #876A35 #B38D46 #C7A86F #D8C39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B38D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#B38D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D46

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D46	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.100 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae7c',
    500: '#b38d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d46;
$custom-light: #cdae7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.083,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66481,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D46

secondary

#90A3C4

accent

#81D454

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D46

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

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