#B08838#B08838

#B08838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.108 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B08838
RGB	rgb(176, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, 6.73, 47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 47.84, 81.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% 0.0152 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.108 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4241, 27.1258, 7.5320)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B08838 #3860B0

analogous

#B04C38 #B08838 #9CB038

triadic

#B08838 #38B088 #8838B0

tetradic

#B08838 #38B04C #3860B0 #B0389C

square

#B08838 #38B04C #3860B0 #B0389C

split-complementary

#B08838 #389CB0 #4C38B0

monochromatic

#53401A #826429 #B08838 #CBA55B #D9BF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B08838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#B08838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B08838

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B08838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B08838	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b08838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.108 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaa72',
    500: '#b08838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b08838;
$custom-light: #cbaa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b08838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64983,
    "c": 0.10833,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B08838

secondary

#8097C4

accent

#7CDB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B08838

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

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