#B38E45#B38E45

#B38E45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.102 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E45
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 69)
HSL	hsl(40, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 61.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, 5.59, 43.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 43.81, 82.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% 0.0134 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.102 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3391, 29.3612, 9.7510)
Luminance	0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E45 #456AB3

analogous

#B35745 #B38E45 #A1B345

triadic

#B38E45 #45B38E #8E45B3

tetradic

#B38E45 #45B357 #456AB3 #B345A1

square

#B38E45 #45B357 #456AB3 #B345A1

split-complementary

#B38E45 #45A1B3 #5745B3

monochromatic

#5B4823 #876B34 #B38E45 #C7A96E #D8C39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#B38E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#B38E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E45

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E45	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.102 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae7b',
    500: '#b38e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e45;
$custom-light: #cdae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.818,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66674,
    "c": 0.10163,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E45

secondary

#8FA1C4

accent

#7FD454

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E45

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

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