#B38E4A#B38E4A

#B38E4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.097 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E4A
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 74)
HSL	hsl(39, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 58.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, 5.97, 41.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 41.44, 81.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% 0.0152 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.097 81)
XYZ	xyz(29.5009, 29.4259, 10.6032)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E4A #4A6FB3

analogous

#B35A4A #B38E4A #A4B34A

triadic

#B38E4A #4AB38E #8E4AB3

tetradic

#B38E4A #4AB35A #4A6FB3 #B34AA4

square

#B38E4A #4AB35A #4A6FB3 #B34AA4

split-complementary

#B38E4A #4AA4B3 #5A4AB3

monochromatic

#5C4926 #886C38 #B38E4A #C6A974 #D8C4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#B38E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#B38E4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E4A

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E4A	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8E44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6974C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.097 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae7e',
    500: '#b38e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e4a;
$custom-light: #cdae7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.857,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66736,
    "c": 0.09727,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.29424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E4A

secondary

#94A5C4

accent

#82D156

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E4A

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

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