#B38337#B38337

#B38337 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.109 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38337
RGB	rgb(179, 131, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, 10.78, 46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 48.12, 77.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% 0.0267 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.109 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3981, 26.0942, 7.2074)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38337 #3767B3

analogous

#B34537 #B38337 #A5B337

triadic

#B38337 #37B383 #8337B3

tetradic

#B38337 #37B345 #3767B3 #B337A5

square

#B38337 #37B345 #3767B3 #B337A5

split-complementary

#B38337 #37A5B3 #4537B3

monochromatic

#553E1A #846129 #B38337 #CDA05B #DBBB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#B38337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#B38337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38337

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38337	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)

#95852E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 131, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.109 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea671',
    500: '#b38337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38337;
$custom-light: #cea671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.774,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64299,
    "c": 0.10929,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38337

secondary

#819BC5

accent

#84DC4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38337

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

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