#B38253#B38253

#B38253 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.087 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38253
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 83)
HSL	hsl(29, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(29, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 53.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, 13.39, 32.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 35.35, 67.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% 0.0383 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.087 64)
XYZ	xyz(28.1358, 26.1755, 11.7524)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38253 #5384B3

analogous

#B35354 #B38253 #B3B253

triadic

#B38253 #53B382 #8253B3

tetradic

#B38253 #54B353 #5384B3 #B253B3

square

#B38253 #54B353 #5384B3 #B253B3

split-complementary

#B38253 #53B3B2 #5354B3

monochromatic

#61452B #8B643E #B38253 #C6A17D #D9C0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#B38253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#B38253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38253

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38253	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92854F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.087 64.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca684',
    500: '#b38253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38253;
$custom-light: #cca684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.375,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64465,
    "c": 0.08745,
    "h": 64
  },
  "luminance": 0.26174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38253

secondary

#9CB1C6

accent

#95CF59

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#140F0B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38253

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

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