#B38E40#B38E40

#B38E40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.106 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E40
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, 5.24, 45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 46.12, 83.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% 0.0118 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.106 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1904, 29.3017, 8.9678)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E40 #4065B3

analogous

#B35540 #B38E40 #9EB340

triadic

#B38E40 #40B38E #8E40B3

tetradic

#B38E40 #40B355 #4065B3 #B3409E

square

#B38E40 #40B355 #4065B3 #B3409E

split-complementary

#B38E40 #409EB3 #5540B3

monochromatic

#594620 #866A30 #B38E40 #C9A967 #D9C394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#B38E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#B38E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E40

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E40	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.106 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae78',
    500: '#b38e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e40;
$custom-light: #cdae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.696,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66616,
    "c": 0.10579,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E40

secondary

#8A9DC4

accent

#7CD751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E40

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

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