#B38137#B38137

#B38137 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.109 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38137
RGB	rgb(179, 129, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, 11.89, 46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 47.86, 75.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% 0.03 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.109 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1320, 25.5622, 7.1187)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38137 #3769B3

analogous

#B34337 #B38137 #A7B337

triadic

#B38137 #37B381 #8137B3

tetradic

#B38137 #37B343 #3769B3 #B337A7

square

#B38137 #37B343 #3769B3 #B337A7

split-complementary

#B38137 #37A7B3 #4337B3

monochromatic

#553E1A #845F29 #B38137 #CD9F5B #DBBA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#B38137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#B38137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38137

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38137	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)

#93832F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 129, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.109 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea571',
    500: '#b38137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38137;
$custom-light: #cea571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.806,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63902,
    "c": 0.10903,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38137

secondary

#819CC5

accent

#86DC4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38137

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

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