#B38E35#B38E35

#B38E35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.114 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E35
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.95, 4.58, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.95, 50.97, 84.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% 0.0084 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.114 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9077, 29.1887, 7.4789)
Luminance	0.2919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E35 #355AB3

analogous

#B34F35 #B38E35 #99B335

triadic

#B38E35 #35B38E #8E35B3

tetradic

#B38E35 #35B34F #355AB3 #B33599

square

#B38E35 #35B34F #355AB3 #B33599

split-complementary

#B38E35 #3599B3 #4F35B3

monochromatic

#554319 #846927 #B38E35 #CDAB58 #DBC387

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#B38E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#B38E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E35

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E35	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)

#9F8D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.114 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae71',
    500: '#b38e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e35;
$custom-light: #ceae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.381,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66506,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E35

secondary

#7F93C5

accent

#75DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E35

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

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