#B38236#B38236

#B38236 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.110 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38236
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, 11.28, 47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 48.42, 76.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% 0.028 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.11 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2407, 25.8174, 7.0379)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38236 #3667B3

analogous

#B34336 #B38236 #A5B336

triadic

#B38236 #36B382 #8236B3

tetradic

#B38236 #36B343 #3667B3 #B336A5

square

#B38236 #36B343 #3667B3 #B336A5

split-complementary

#B38236 #36A5B3 #4336B3

monochromatic

#553E1A #846028 #B38236 #CDA059 #DBBB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#B38236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#B38236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38236

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38236	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)

#94842D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.110 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea671',
    500: '#b38236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38236;
$custom-light: #cea671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.48,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6409,
    "c": 0.10983,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38236

secondary

#809BC5

accent

#84DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38236

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

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