#B38E36#B38E36

#B38E36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.113 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E36
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.96, 4.63, 50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.96, 50.54, 84.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% 0.0087 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.113 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9309, 29.1980, 7.6013)
Luminance	0.2920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E36 #365BB3

analogous

#B34F36 #B38E36 #99B336

triadic

#B38E36 #36B38E #8E36B3

tetradic

#B38E36 #36B34F #365BB3 #B33699

square

#B38E36 #36B34F #365BB3 #B33699

split-complementary

#B38E36 #3699B3 #4F36B3

monochromatic

#55431A #846928 #B38E36 #CDAB59 #DBC388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#B38E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#B38E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E36

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E36	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)

#9F8D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.113 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae72',
    500: '#b38e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e36;
$custom-light: #ceae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.24,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66515,
    "c": 0.11342,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E36

secondary

#8094C5

accent

#76DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E36

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

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