#B38338#B38338

#B38338 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.109 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38338
RGB	rgb(179, 131, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, 10.84, 46.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 47.69, 76.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% 0.027 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.109 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4223, 26.1039, 7.3349)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38338 #3868B3

analogous

#B34538 #B38338 #A5B338

triadic

#B38338 #38B383 #8338B3

tetradic

#B38338 #38B345 #3868B3 #B338A5

square

#B38338 #38B345 #3868B3 #B338A5

split-complementary

#B38338 #38A5B3 #4538B3

monochromatic

#563F1B #846129 #B38338 #CCA05C #DBBB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#B38338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#B38338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38338

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38338	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)

#95852F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 131, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.109 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea672',
    500: '#b38338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38338;
$custom-light: #cea672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.585,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64309,
    "c": 0.10859,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38338

secondary

#829CC5

accent

#84DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38338

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

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