#B38255#B38255

#B38255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.086 H 62.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38255
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 85)
HSL	hsl(29, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(29, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 52.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, 13.57, 31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 34.45, 66.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% 0.0391 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.086 62.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2142, 26.2068, 12.1650)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38255 #5586B3

analogous

#B35557 #B38255 #B3B155

triadic

#B38255 #55B382 #8255B3

tetradic

#B38255 #57B355 #5586B3 #B155B3

square

#B38255 #57B355 #5586B3 #B155B3

split-complementary

#B38255 #55B3B1 #5557B3

monochromatic

#62462C #8C643F #B38255 #C6A17F #D9C0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#B38255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#B38255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38255

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38255	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.086 62.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca685',
    500: '#b38255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38255;
$custom-light: #cca685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.723,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64498,
    "c": 0.08582,
    "h": 62.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38255

secondary

#9DB3C7

accent

#96CE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#140F0B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38255

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

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