#B38434#B38434

#B38434 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.112 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38434
RGB	rgb(179, 132, 52)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 70.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, 10.06, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 49.55, 78.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.0242 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.112 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4633, 26.3363, 6.8851)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38434 #3463B3

analogous

#B34434 #B38434 #A2B334

triadic

#B38434 #34B384 #8434B3

tetradic

#B38434 #34B344 #3463B3 #B334A2

square

#B38434 #34B344 #3463B3 #B334A2

split-complementary

#B38434 #34A2B3 #4434B3

monochromatic

#543E18 #846126 #B38434 #CEA256 #DCBC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#B38434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#B38434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38434

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38434	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96852A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 132, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.112 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea770',
    500: '#b38434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38434;
$custom-light: #cea770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.795,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64469,
    "c": 0.11153,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38434

secondary

#7D98C5

accent

#81DE49

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38434

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

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