#B38E2E#B38E2E

#B38E2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.119 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E2E
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 74.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, 4.22, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 53.82, 85.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% 0.0065 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.119 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7583, 29.1289, 6.6920)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E2E #2E53B3

analogous

#B34C2E #B38E2E #96B32E

triadic

#B38E2E #2EB38E #8E2EB3

tetradic

#B38E2E #2EB34C #2E53B3 #B32E96

square

#B38E2E #2EB34C #2E53B3 #B32E96

split-complementary

#B38E2E #2E96B3 #4C2EB3

monochromatic

#524115 #826721 #B38E2E #D1AC4D #DEC37E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B38E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#B38E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E2E

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E2E	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	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)

#9F8D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.119 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae6d',
    500: '#b38e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e2e;
$custom-light: #ceae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.308,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66448,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E2E

secondary

#768DC6

accent

#71E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E2E

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

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