#B38F34#B38F34

#B38F34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.115 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38F34
RGB	rgb(179, 143, 52)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 70.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, 3.97, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 51.61, 85.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% 0.0065 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.115 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0344, 29.4784, 7.4088)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38F34 #3458B3

analogous

#B34F34 #B38F34 #97B334

triadic

#B38F34 #34B38F #8F34B3

tetradic

#B38F34 #34B34F #3458B3 #B33497

square

#B38F34 #34B34F #3458B3 #B33497

split-complementary

#B38F34 #3497B3 #4F34B3

monochromatic

#544318 #846926 #B38F34 #CEAC56 #DCC386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#B38F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#B38F34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38F34

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38F34	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)

#A08E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 143, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.115 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaf71',
    500: '#b38f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38f34;
$custom-light: #ceaf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.992,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66703,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38F34

secondary

#7D92C5

accent

#74DE49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38F34

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

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