#B38F4E#B38F4E

#B38F4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.094 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38F4E
RGB	rgb(179, 143, 78)
HSL	hsl(39, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 56.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, 5.74, 39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 39.75, 81.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% 0.015 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.094 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7894, 29.7805, 11.3854)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38F4E #4E72B3

analogous

#B35C4E #B38F4E #A4B34E

triadic

#B38F4E #4EB38F #8F4EB3

tetradic

#B38F4E #4EB35C #4E72B3 #B34EA4

square

#B38F4E #4EB35C #4E72B3 #B34EA4

split-complementary

#B38F4E #4EA4B3 #5C4EB3

monochromatic

#5E4B28 #896D3B #B38F4E #C5AA79 #D8C5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#B38F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#B38F4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38F4E

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38F4E	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 143, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.094 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccaf81',
    500: '#b38f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38f4e;
$custom-light: #ccaf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.614,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66994,
    "c": 0.09406,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38F4E

secondary

#98A8C5

accent

#83D058

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38F4E

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

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