#B38E2D#B38E2D

#B38E2D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.119 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E2D
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 45)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 74.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, 4.18, 54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 54.21, 85.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% 0.0063 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.119 87)
XYZ	xyz(28.7388, 29.1211, 6.5894)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E2D #2D52B3

analogous

#B34B2D #B38E2D #95B32D

triadic

#B38E2D #2DB38E #8E2DB3

tetradic

#B38E2D #2DB34B #2D52B3 #B32D95

square

#B38E2D #2DB34B #2D52B3 #B32D95

split-complementary

#B38E2D #2D95B3 #4B2DB3

monochromatic

#514014 #826721 #B38E2D #D2AD4B #DEC37C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B38E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#B38E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E2D

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E2D	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)

#9F8D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.119 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae6d',
    500: '#b38e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e2d;
$custom-light: #ceae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.433,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6644,
    "c": 0.11939,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.29119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E2D

secondary

#758CC7

accent

#70E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E2D

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

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