#B38239#B38239

#B38239 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.108 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38239
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 57)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 68.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, 11.45, 45.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 47.12, 75.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% 0.029 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.108 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3133, 25.8465, 7.4204)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38239 #396AB3

analogous

#B34539 #B38239 #A7B339

triadic

#B38239 #39B382 #8239B3

tetradic

#B38239 #39B345 #396AB3 #B339A7

square

#B38239 #39B345 #396AB3 #B339A7

split-complementary

#B38239 #39A7B3 #4539B3

monochromatic

#563F1B #85602A #B38239 #CC9F5E #DABB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#B38239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#B38239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38239

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38239	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	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)

#948431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.108 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea673',
    500: '#b38239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38239;
$custom-light: #cea673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.902,
    "s": 51.695,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64121,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38239

secondary

#839DC5

accent

#86DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38239

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

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