#B38234#B38234

#B38234 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.111 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38234
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 52)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 70.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, 11.17, 47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 49.27, 76.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% 0.0274 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.111 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1947, 25.7990, 6.7956)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38234 #3465B3

analogous

#B34234 #B38234 #A5B334

triadic

#B38234 #34B382 #8234B3

tetradic

#B38234 #34B342 #3465B3 #B334A5

square

#B38234 #34B342 #3465B3 #B334A5

split-complementary

#B38234 #34A5B3 #4234B3

monochromatic

#543D18 #846026 #B38234 #CEA056 #DCBB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#B38234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#B38234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38234

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38234	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)

#94842A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.111 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea670',
    500: '#b38234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38234;
$custom-light: #cea670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.85,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64071,
    "c": 0.11118,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38234

secondary

#7D99C5

accent

#83DE49

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38234

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

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