#B38136#B38136

#B38136 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.110 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38136
RGB	rgb(179, 129, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, 11.84, 46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 48.29, 75.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% 0.0297 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.11 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1083, 25.5527, 6.9937)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38136 #3668B3

analogous

#B34236 #B38136 #A6B336

triadic

#B38136 #36B381 #8136B3

tetradic

#B38136 #36B342 #3668B3 #B336A6

square

#B38136 #36B342 #3668B3 #B336A6

split-complementary

#B38136 #36A6B3 #4236B3

monochromatic

#553D1A #845F28 #B38136 #CD9F59 #DBBA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#B38136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#B38136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38136

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38136	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93832D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 129, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.110 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea571',
    500: '#b38136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38136;
$custom-light: #cea571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63892,
    "c": 0.10971,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38136

secondary

#809BC5

accent

#85DD4B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38136

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

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