#B38138#B38138

#B38138 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.108 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38138
RGB	rgb(179, 129, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, 11.95, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 47.43, 75.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.0303 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.108 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1562, 25.5719, 7.2462)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38138 #386AB3

analogous

#B34438 #B38138 #A7B338

triadic

#B38138 #38B381 #8138B3

tetradic

#B38138 #38B344 #386AB3 #B338A7

square

#B38138 #38B344 #386AB3 #B338A7

split-complementary

#B38138 #38A7B3 #4438B3

monochromatic

#563E1B #845F29 #B38138 #CC9F5C #DBBA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#B38138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#B38138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38138

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38138	1.00	3.43	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.43	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)

#938330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 129, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.108 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea572',
    500: '#b38138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38138;
$custom-light: #cea572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.61,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63913,
    "c": 0.10833,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38138

secondary

#829DC5

accent

#86DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38138

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

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