#B49438#B49438

#B49438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.115 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B49438
RGBrgb(180, 148, 56)
HSLhsl(45, 53%, 46%)
HSVhsv(45, 69%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17.8%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(62.65, 1.90, 51.25)
CIE-LCHlch(62.65, 51.28, 87.88°)
OKLaboklab(67.88% 0.001 0.1154)
OKLCHoklch(67.88% 0.115 89.5)
XYZxyz(30.1277, 31.1704, 8.1702)
Luminance0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B49438 #3858B4
analogous
#B45638 #B49438 #96B438
triadic
#B49438 #38B494 #9438B4
tetradic
#B49438 #38B456 #3858B4 #B43896
square
#B49438 #38B456 #3858B4 #B43896
split-complementary
#B49438 #3896B4 #5638B4
monochromatic
#57471B #856E29 #B49438 #CDB05D #DBC68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90
#B49438 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23
#B49438 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49438
7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B49438#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B494381.002.907.237.23
#FFFFFF2.901.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2321.001.001.00
##0000007.2321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A4922C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AC9B3C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C38881
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b49438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.115 89.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb373',
    500: '#b49438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b49438;
$custom-light: #ceb373;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b49438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.516,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67879,
    "c": 0.11535,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B49438
secondary
#8294C5
accent
#71DC4C
background
#FDFAF7
surface
#FAF5ED
border
#D3CFC8
text
#141108
muted
#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49438

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#B49438 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva