#B38E34#B38E34

#B38E34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.115 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E34
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 52)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 70.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.94, 4.52, 51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.94, 51.39, 84.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% 0.0081 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.115 86)
XYZ	xyz(28.8849, 29.1795, 7.3590)
Luminance	0.2918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E34 #3459B3

analogous

#B34F34 #B38E34 #98B334

triadic

#B38E34 #34B38E #8E34B3

tetradic

#B38E34 #34B34F #3459B3 #B33498

square

#B38E34 #34B34F #3459B3 #B33498

split-complementary

#B38E34 #3498B3 #4F34B3

monochromatic

#544318 #846826 #B38E34 #CEAB56 #DCC386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#B38E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#B38E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E34

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E34	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.115 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae71',
    500: '#b38e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e34;
$custom-light: #ceae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.52,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66497,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.29178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E34

secondary

#7D92C5

accent

#75DE49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E34

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

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