#B38D4E#B38D4E

#B38D4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.093 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D4E
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 78)
HSL	hsl(37, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 56.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.94, 6.84, 38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.94, 39.31, 79.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% 0.0183 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.093 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4919, 29.1853, 11.2862)
Luminance	0.2918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D4E #4E74B3

analogous

#B35A4E #B38D4E #A6B34E

triadic

#B38D4E #4EB38D #8D4EB3

tetradic

#B38D4E #4EB35A #4E74B3 #B34EA6

square

#B38D4E #4EB35A #4E74B3 #B34EA6

split-complementary

#B38D4E #4EA6B3 #5A4EB3

monochromatic

#5E4A28 #896C3B #B38D4E #C5A979 #D8C4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#B38D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#B38D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D4E

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D4E	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8E48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.093 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccae81',
    500: '#b38d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d4e;
$custom-light: #ccae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.426,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66587,
    "c": 0.0933,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D4E

secondary

#98A9C5

accent

#85D058

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D4E

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

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