#B38E4F#B38E4F

#B38E4F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.093 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E4F
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 79)
HSL	hsl(38, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 55.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, 6.37, 38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 39.05, 80.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% 0.017 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.093 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6761, 29.4960, 11.5258)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E4F #4F74B3

analogous

#B35C4F #B38E4F #A6B34F

triadic

#B38E4F #4FB38E #8E4FB3

tetradic

#B38E4F #4FB35C #4F74B3 #B34FA6

square

#B38E4F #4FB35C #4F74B3 #B34FA6

split-complementary

#B38E4F #4FA6B3 #5C4FB3

monochromatic

#5F4B29 #896D3B #B38E4F #C5A97A #D8C5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#B38E4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#B38E4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E4F

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E4F	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	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)

#9D8E49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.093 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccae82',
    500: '#b38e4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e4f;
$custom-light: #ccae82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.8,
    "s": 39.683,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66804,
    "c": 0.09275,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E4F

secondary

#99A9C5

accent

#84D058

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E4F

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

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