#B38D49#B38D49

#B38D49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.098 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D49
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 59.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, 6.44, 41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 41.70, 81.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% 0.0165 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.098 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3194, 29.1163, 10.3778)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D49 #496FB3

analogous

#B35849 #B38D49 #A4B349

triadic

#B38D49 #49B38D #8D49B3

tetradic

#B38D49 #49B358 #496FB3 #B349A4

square

#B38D49 #49B358 #496FB3 #B349A4

split-complementary

#B38D49 #49A4B3 #5849B3

monochromatic

#5C4926 #886B37 #B38D49 #C6A873 #D8C39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B38D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#B38D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D49

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D49	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)

#9D8D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6974B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.098 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae7e',
    500: '#b38d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d49;
$custom-light: #cdae7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.491,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66519,
    "c": 0.09776,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D49

secondary

#93A5C4

accent

#82D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D49

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

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