#B38E32#B38E32

#B38E32 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.116 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E32
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 50)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 72.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, 4.42, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 52.21, 85.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% 0.0076 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.116 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8408, 29.1619, 7.1268)
Luminance	0.2916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E32 #3257B3

analogous

#B34E32 #B38E32 #97B332

triadic

#B38E32 #32B38E #8E32B3

tetradic

#B38E32 #32B34E #3257B3 #B33297

square

#B38E32 #32B34E #3257B3 #B33297

split-complementary

#B38E32 #3297B3 #4E32B3

monochromatic

#534217 #836825 #B38E32 #CFAB53 #DCC383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#B38E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#B38E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E32

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E32	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)

#9F8D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.116 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae6f',
    500: '#b38e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e32;
$custom-light: #ceae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.791,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6648,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E32

secondary

#7B90C6

accent

#74E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E32

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

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