#B38F3E#B38F3E

#B38F3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.108 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38F3E
RGB	rgb(179, 143, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 65.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.29, 4.56, 47.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.29, 47.26, 84.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% 0.0095 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.108 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2840, 29.5783, 8.7233)
Luminance	0.2958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38F3E #3E62B3

analogous

#B3543E #B38F3E #9DB33E

triadic

#B38F3E #3EB38F #8F3EB3

tetradic

#B38F3E #3EB354 #3E62B3 #B33E9D

square

#B38F3E #3EB354 #3E62B3 #B33E9D

split-complementary

#B38F3E #3E9DB3 #543EB3

monochromatic

#58461F #866B2E #B38F3E #CAAA65 #D9C392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#B38F3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#B38F3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38F3E

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38F3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38F3E	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1837D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38f3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 143, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.108 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdaf77',
    500: '#b38f3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38f3e;
$custom-light: #cdaf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38f3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 48.548,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.668,
    "c": 0.10785,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38F3E

secondary

#889BC5

accent

#7AD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38F3E

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

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