#B38149#B38149

#B38149 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.096 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38149
RGB	rgb(179, 129, 73)
HSL	hsl(32, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(32, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 59.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 13.11, 37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 39.80, 70.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% 0.0361 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.096 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6449, 25.7673, 9.8196)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38149 #497BB3

analogous

#B34C49 #B38149 #B0B349

triadic

#B38149 #49B381 #8149B3

tetradic

#B38149 #49B34C #497BB3 #B349B0

square

#B38149 #49B34C #497BB3 #B349B0

split-complementary

#B38149 #49B0B3 #4C49B3

monochromatic

#5C4226 #886237 #B38149 #C69F73 #D8BD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#B38149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#B38149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38149

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38149	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#928444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D904A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 129, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.096 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda57d',
    500: '#b38149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38149;
$custom-light: #cda57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.698,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64119,
    "c": 0.09556,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38149

secondary

#93ABC4

accent

#90D256

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#140F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38149

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

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