#B38237#B38237

#B38237 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.109 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38237
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, 11.34, 46.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 47.99, 76.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% 0.0283 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.109 75)
XYZ	xyz(27.2644, 25.8269, 7.1628)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38237 #3768B3

analogous

#B34437 #B38237 #A6B337

triadic

#B38237 #37B382 #8237B3

tetradic

#B38237 #37B344 #3768B3 #B337A6

square

#B38237 #37B344 #3768B3 #B337A6

split-complementary

#B38237 #37A6B3 #4437B3

monochromatic

#553E1A #846029 #B38237 #CDA05B #DBBB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#B38237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#B38237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38237

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38237	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)

#94842E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.109 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea671',
    500: '#b38237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38237;
$custom-light: #cea671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.29,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.641,
    "c": 0.10915,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.25825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38237

secondary

#819CC5

accent

#85DC4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38237

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

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