#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
RGB	rgb(180, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 1.90, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 51.28, 87.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% 0.001 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.115 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1277, 31.1704, 8.1702)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##B49438	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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