#B38151#B38151

#B38151 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.089 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38151
RGB	rgb(179, 129, 81)
HSL	hsl(29, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(29, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 54.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, 13.77, 33.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 36.17, 67.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.0392 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.089 64)
XYZ	xyz(27.9274, 25.8803, 11.3075)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38151 #5183B3

analogous

#B35152 #B38151 #B3B251

triadic

#B38151 #51B381 #8151B3

tetradic

#B38151 #52B351 #5183B3 #B251B3

square

#B38151 #52B351 #5183B3 #B251B3

split-complementary

#B38151 #51B3B2 #5152B3

monochromatic

#60442A #8A633C #B38151 #C6A07C #D8BFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#B38151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#B38151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38151

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38151	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91844D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 129, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.089 64.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda583',
    500: '#b38151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38151;
$custom-light: #cda583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.388,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64238,
    "c": 0.08916,
    "h": 64
  },
  "luminance": 0.25878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38151

secondary

#9AB0C6

accent

#95CF59

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#140F0A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38151

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

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