#B38249#B38249

#B38249 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.096 H 68.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38249
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 73)
HSL	hsl(32, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(32, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 59.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, 12.55, 37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 39.90, 71.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% 0.0345 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.096 68.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7772, 26.0321, 9.8637)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38249 #497AB3

analogous

#B34D49 #B38249 #AFB349

triadic

#B38249 #49B382 #8249B3

tetradic

#B38249 #49B34D #497AB3 #B349AF

square

#B38249 #49B34D #497AB3 #B349AF

split-complementary

#B38249 #49AFB3 #4D49B3

monochromatic

#5C4326 #886237 #B38249 #C6A073 #D8BD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#B38249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#B38249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38249

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38249	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.096 68.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda67d',
    500: '#b38249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38249;
$custom-light: #cda67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.264,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64315,
    "c": 0.09556,
    "h": 68.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38249

secondary

#93AAC4

accent

#8FD256

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#140F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38249

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

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