#B38F36#B38F36

#B38F36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.114 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38F36
RGB	rgb(179, 143, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, 4.08, 50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 50.77, 85.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% 0.0071 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.114 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0804, 29.4968, 7.6511)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38F36 #365AB3

analogous

#B35036 #B38F36 #98B336

triadic

#B38F36 #36B38F #8F36B3

tetradic

#B38F36 #36B350 #365AB3 #B33698

square

#B38F36 #36B350 #365AB3 #B33698

split-complementary

#B38F36 #3698B3 #5036B3

monochromatic

#55441A #846928 #B38F36 #CDAC59 #DBC388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#B38F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#B38F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38F36

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38F36	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)

#A08E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 143, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.114 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdaf72',
    500: '#b38f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38f36;
$custom-light: #cdaf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.72,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66721,
    "c": 0.11389,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38F36

secondary

#8094C5

accent

#75DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38F36

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

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