#B38E31#B38E31

#B38E31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.117 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E31
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 49)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, 4.37, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 52.62, 85.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.0073 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.117 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8195, 29.1534, 7.0144)
Luminance	0.2915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E31 #3156B3

analogous

#B34D31 #B38E31 #97B331

triadic

#B38E31 #31B38E #8E31B3

tetradic

#B38E31 #31B34D #3156B3 #B33197

square

#B38E31 #31B34D #3156B3 #B33197

split-complementary

#B38E31 #3197B3 #4D31B3

monochromatic

#534217 #836824 #B38E31 #D0AC52 #DDC382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#B38E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#B38E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E31

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E31	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	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)

#9F8D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.117 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae6f',
    500: '#b38e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e31;
$custom-light: #ceae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.923,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66472,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E31

secondary

#7A90C6

accent

#73E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E31

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

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