#B38E30#B38E30

#B38E30 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.118 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E30
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 48)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 73.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.91, 4.32, 52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.91, 53.02, 85.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% 0.007 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.118 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7986, 29.1450, 6.9045)
Luminance	0.2914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E30 #3055B3

analogous

#B34C30 #B38E30 #97B330

triadic

#B38E30 #30B38E #8E30B3

tetradic

#B38E30 #30B34C #3055B3 #B33097

square

#B38E30 #30B34C #3055B3 #B33097

split-complementary

#B38E30 #3097B3 #4C30B3

monochromatic

#524116 #836823 #B38E30 #D0AC50 #DDC380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B38E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#B38E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E30

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E30	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)

#9F8D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.118 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae6e',
    500: '#b38e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e30;
$custom-light: #ceae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.053,
    "s": 57.709,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66464,
    "c": 0.11751,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E30

secondary

#798FC6

accent

#72E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E30

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

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