#B38D48#B38D48

#B38D48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.099 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D48
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 72)
HSL	hsl(39, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 59.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, 6.36, 41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 42.18, 81.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% 0.0161 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.099 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2865, 29.1032, 10.2046)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D48 #486EB3

analogous

#B35848 #B38D48 #A3B348

triadic

#B38D48 #48B38D #8D48B3

tetradic

#B38D48 #48B358 #486EB3 #B348A3

square

#B38D48 #48B358 #486EB3 #B348A3

split-complementary

#B38D48 #48A3B3 #5848B3

monochromatic

#5C4825 #876B36 #B38D48 #C6A872 #D8C39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B38D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#B38D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D48

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D48	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)

#9D8D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6974A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.099 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae7d',
    500: '#b38d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d48;
$custom-light: #cdae7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.692,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66507,
    "c": 0.09864,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D48

secondary

#92A4C4

accent

#82D255

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D48

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

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