#B38E4D#B38E4D

#B38E4D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.095 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E4D
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 77)
HSL	hsl(38, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 57%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, 6.21, 39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 40.01, 81.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% 0.0163 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.095 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6044, 29.4673, 11.1482)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E4D #4D72B3

analogous

#B35B4D #B38E4D #A5B34D

triadic

#B38E4D #4DB38E #8E4DB3

tetradic

#B38E4D #4DB35B #4D72B3 #B34DA5

square

#B38E4D #4DB35B #4D72B3 #B34DA5

split-complementary

#B38E4D #4DA5B3 #5B4DB3

monochromatic

#5E4A28 #896C3A #B38E4D #C5A978 #D8C4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#B38E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#B38E4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E4D

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E4D	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8E47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6974F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.095 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccae80',
    500: '#b38e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e4d;
$custom-light: #ccae80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.235,
    "s": 40.157,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66776,
    "c": 0.09457,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E4D

secondary

#97A8C5

accent

#83D058

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E4D

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

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