#B38336#B38336

#B38336 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.110 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38336
RGB	rgb(179, 131, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, 10.72, 47.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 48.55, 77.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% 0.0264 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.11 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3743, 26.0848, 7.0824)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38336 #3666B3

analogous

#B34436 #B38336 #A4B336

triadic

#B38336 #36B383 #8336B3

tetradic

#B38336 #36B344 #3666B3 #B336A4

square

#B38336 #36B344 #3666B3 #B336A4

split-complementary

#B38336 #36A4B3 #4436B3

monochromatic

#553E1A #846128 #B38336 #CDA159 #DBBB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#B38336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#B38336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38336

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38336	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95852D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 131, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.110 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea671',
    500: '#b38336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38336;
$custom-light: #cea671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.96,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64289,
    "c": 0.10998,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38336

secondary

#809AC5

accent

#83DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38336

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

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