#B38F40#B38F40

#B38F40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.106 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38F40
RGB	rgb(179, 143, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, 4.69, 46.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 46.35, 84.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.0101 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.106 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3398, 29.6006, 9.0176)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38F40 #4064B3

analogous

#B35540 #B38F40 #9EB340

triadic

#B38F40 #40B38F #8F40B3

tetradic

#B38F40 #40B355 #4064B3 #B3409E

square

#B38F40 #40B355 #4064B3 #B3409E

split-complementary

#B38F40 #409EB3 #5540B3

monochromatic

#594720 #866B30 #B38F40 #C9AA67 #D9C394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#B38F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#B38F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38F40

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38F40	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	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)

#9F8F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 143, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.106 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdaf78',
    500: '#b38f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38f40;
$custom-light: #cdaf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.217,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66821,
    "c": 0.10624,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38F40

secondary

#8A9DC4

accent

#7BD751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38F40

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

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