#B38238#B38238

#B38238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.108 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38238
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, 11.40, 46.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 47.55, 76.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.0286 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.108 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2886, 25.8366, 7.2903)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38238 #3869B3

analogous

#B34538 #B38238 #A6B338

triadic

#B38238 #38B382 #8238B3

tetradic

#B38238 #38B345 #3869B3 #B338A6

square

#B38238 #38B345 #3869B3 #B338A6

split-complementary

#B38238 #38A6B3 #4538B3

monochromatic

#563E1B #846029 #B38238 #CC9F5C #DBBB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#B38238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#B38238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38238

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38238	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.108 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea672',
    500: '#b38238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38238;
$custom-light: #cea672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.098,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6411,
    "c": 0.10845,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38238

secondary

#829DC5

accent

#85DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38238

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

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