#B38240#B38240

#B38240 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.103 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38240
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, 11.90, 42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 44.00, 74.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% 0.0313 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.103 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5001, 25.9212, 8.4044)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38240 #4071B3

analogous

#B34940 #B38240 #AAB340

triadic

#B38240 #40B382 #8240B3

tetradic

#B38240 #40B349 #4071B3 #B340AA

square

#B38240 #40B349 #4071B3 #B340AA

split-complementary

#B38240 #40AAB3 #4940B3

monochromatic

#594120 #866130 #B38240 #C99F67 #D9BC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#B38240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#B38240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38240

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38240	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.103 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda677',
    500: '#b38240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38240;
$custom-light: #cda677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.435,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64199,
    "c": 0.1026,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38240

secondary

#8AA3C4

accent

#8AD751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38240

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

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