#B38235#B38235

#B38235 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.111 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38235
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 53)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, 11.23, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 48.85, 76.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% 0.0277 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.111 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2174, 25.8081, 6.9155)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38235 #3566B3

analogous

#B34335 #B38235 #A5B335

triadic

#B38235 #35B382 #8235B3

tetradic

#B38235 #35B343 #3566B3 #B335A5

square

#B38235 #35B343 #3566B3 #B335A5

split-complementary

#B38235 #35A5B3 #4335B3

monochromatic

#553D19 #846027 #B38235 #CDA058 #DBBB87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#B38235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#B38235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38235

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38235	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)

#94842C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.111 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea670',
    500: '#b38235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38235;
$custom-light: #cea670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64081,
    "c": 0.11051,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38235

secondary

#7F9AC5

accent

#84DE4A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38235

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

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