#B38D4D#B38D4D

#B38D4D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.094 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D4D
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 77)
HSL	hsl(38, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 57%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, 6.76, 39.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 39.79, 80.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.0179 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.094 79)
XYZ	xyz(29.4563, 29.1711, 11.0988)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D4D #4D73B3

analogous

#B35A4D #B38D4D #A6B34D

triadic

#B38D4D #4DB38D #8D4DB3

tetradic

#B38D4D #4DB35A #4D73B3 #B34DA6

square

#B38D4D #4DB35A #4D73B3 #B34DA6

split-complementary

#B38D4D #4DA6B3 #5A4DB3

monochromatic

#5E4A28 #896B3A #B38D4D #C5A878 #D8C4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#B38D4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#B38D4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D4D

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D4D	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5974F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.094 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccae80',
    500: '#b38d4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d4d;
$custom-light: #ccae80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.647,
    "s": 40.157,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66573,
    "c": 0.0942,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.29169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D4D

secondary

#97A8C5

accent

#85D058

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D4D

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

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