#B38E46#B38E46

#B38E46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.101 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E46
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 70)
HSL	hsl(40, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 60.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, 5.66, 42.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 43.34, 82.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% 0.0138 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.101 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3704, 29.3737, 9.9159)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E46 #466BB3

analogous

#B35846 #B38E46 #A2B346

triadic

#B38E46 #46B38E #8E46B3

tetradic

#B38E46 #46B358 #466BB3 #B346A2

square

#B38E46 #46B358 #466BB3 #B346A2

split-complementary

#B38E46 #46A2B3 #5846B3

monochromatic

#5B4824 #876B35 #B38E46 #C7A96F #D8C39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#B38E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#B38E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E46

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E46	1.00	3.05	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.05	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)

#9E8E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.101 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae7c',
    500: '#b38e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e46;
$custom-light: #cdae7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.633,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66686,
    "c": 0.10078,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E46

secondary

#90A2C4

accent

#7FD454

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E46

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

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