#B38E2A#B38E2A

#B38E2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.121 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E2A
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(44, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(44, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, 4.05, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 55.34, 85.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% 0.0055 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.121 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6831, 29.0988, 6.2959)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E2A #2A4FB3

analogous

#B34A2A #B38E2A #93B32A

triadic

#B38E2A #2AB38E #8E2AB3

tetradic

#B38E2A #2AB34A #2A4FB3 #B32A93

square

#B38E2A #2AB34A #2A4FB3 #B32A93

split-complementary

#B38E2A #2A93B3 #4A2AB3

monochromatic

#503F13 #81671E #B38E2A #D4AE46 #DFC378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B38E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#B38E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E2A

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E2A	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)

#9F8D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.121 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae6b',
    500: '#b38e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e2a;
$custom-light: #ceae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.796,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66419,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E2A

secondary

#7289C7

accent

#6FE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E2A

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

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