#B38E4E#B38E4E

#B38E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.094 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E4E
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 78)
HSL	hsl(38, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 56.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, 6.29, 39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 39.53, 80.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% 0.0167 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.094 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6400, 29.4816, 11.3356)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E4E #4E73B3

analogous

#B35B4E #B38E4E #A5B34E

triadic

#B38E4E #4EB38E #8E4EB3

tetradic

#B38E4E #4EB35B #4E73B3 #B34EA5

square

#B38E4E #4EB35B #4E73B3 #B34EA5

split-complementary

#B38E4E #4EA5B3 #5B4EB3

monochromatic

#5E4A28 #896C3B #B38E4E #C5A979 #D8C5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#B38E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#B38E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E4E

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E4E	1.00	3.05	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8E48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.094 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccae81',
    500: '#b38e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e4e;
$custom-light: #ccae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.02,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6679,
    "c": 0.09366,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E4E

secondary

#98A8C5

accent

#84D058

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E4E

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

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