#B38140#B38140

#B38140 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.103 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38140
RGB	rgb(179, 129, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, 12.46, 42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 43.88, 73.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64% 0.0329 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.103 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3678, 25.6565, 8.3603)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38140 #4072B3

analogous

#B34740 #B38140 #ABB340

triadic

#B38140 #40B381 #8140B3

tetradic

#B38140 #40B347 #4072B3 #B340AB

square

#B38140 #40B347 #4072B3 #B340AB

split-complementary

#B38140 #40ABB3 #4740B3

monochromatic

#594020 #866130 #B38140 #C99E67 #D9BB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#B38140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#B38140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38140

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38140	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92843A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 129, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.103 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda577',
    500: '#b38140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38140;
$custom-light: #cda577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.913,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64002,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38140

secondary

#8AA4C4

accent

#8BD751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38140

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

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