#B38233#B38233

#B38233 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.112 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38233
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 51)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, 11.12, 48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 49.69, 77.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% 0.0271 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.112 76)
XYZ	xyz(27.1724, 25.7901, 6.6782)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38233 #3364B3

analogous

#B34233 #B38233 #A4B333

triadic

#B38233 #33B382 #8233B3

tetradic

#B38233 #33B342 #3364B3 #B333A4

square

#B38233 #33B342 #3364B3 #B333A4

split-complementary

#B38233 #33A4B3 #4233B3

monochromatic

#543D18 #835F25 #B38233 #CEA055 #DCBA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#B38233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#B38233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38233

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38233	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.112 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea66f',
    500: '#b38233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38233;
$custom-light: #cea66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.031,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64062,
    "c": 0.11184,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.25788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38233

secondary

#7C98C6

accent

#82DF49

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38233

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

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