#B38147#B38147

#B38147 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.097 H 68.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38147
RGB	rgb(179, 129, 71)
HSL	hsl(32, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(32, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 60.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 12.96, 38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 40.71, 71.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% 0.0354 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.097 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5796, 25.7412, 9.4760)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38147 #4779B3

analogous

#B34B47 #B38147 #AFB347

triadic

#B38147 #47B381 #8147B3

tetradic

#B38147 #47B34B #4779B3 #B347AF

square

#B38147 #47B34B #4779B3 #B347AF

split-complementary

#B38147 #47AFB3 #4B47B3

monochromatic

#5B4224 #876136 #B38147 #C79F71 #D8BC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B38147 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#B38147 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38147

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38147	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38147	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38147;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 129, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.097 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda57c',
    500: '#b38147',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38147;
$custom-light: #cda57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38147",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.222,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64091,
    "c": 0.09714,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38147

secondary

#91A9C4

accent

#8FD355

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38147

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

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