#B38E41#B38E41

#B38E41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.105 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E41
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 65)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 63.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, 5.31, 45.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 45.66, 83.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% 0.0121 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.105 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2191, 29.3132, 9.1190)
Luminance	0.2931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E41 #4166B3

analogous

#B35541 #B38E41 #9FB341

triadic

#B38E41 #41B38E #8E41B3

tetradic

#B38E41 #41B355 #4166B3 #B3419F

square

#B38E41 #41B355 #4166B3 #B3419F

split-complementary

#B38E41 #419FB3 #5541B3

monochromatic

#594720 #866A31 #B38E41 #C8A969 #D9C396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#B38E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#B38E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E41

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E41	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)

#9E8E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.105 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae79',
    500: '#b38e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e41;
$custom-light: #cdae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.526,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66627,
    "c": 0.10498,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E41

secondary

#8B9EC4

accent

#7DD651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E41

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

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