#B38436#B38436

#B38436 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.110 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38436
RGB	rgb(179, 132, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, 10.17, 47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 48.70, 77.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% 0.0248 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.11 77)
XYZ	xyz(27.5093, 26.3547, 7.1274)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38436 #3665B3

analogous

#B34536 #B38436 #A3B336

triadic

#B38436 #36B384 #8436B3

tetradic

#B38436 #36B345 #3665B3 #B336A3

square

#B38436 #36B345 #3665B3 #B336A3

split-complementary

#B38436 #36A3B3 #4536B3

monochromatic

#553F1A #846128 #B38436 #CDA159 #DBBC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#B38436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#B38436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38436

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38436	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)

#96862D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 132, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.110 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea771',
    500: '#b38436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38436;
$custom-light: #cea771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.44,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64488,
    "c": 0.11016,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.26353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38436

secondary

#809AC5

accent

#82DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38436

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

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