#B38437#B38437

#B38437 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.109 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38437
RGB	rgb(179, 132, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, 10.22, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 48.27, 77.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% 0.0251 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.109 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5330, 26.3642, 7.2524)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38437 #3766B3

analogous

#B34637 #B38437 #A4B337

triadic

#B38437 #37B384 #8437B3

tetradic

#B38437 #37B346 #3766B3 #B337A4

square

#B38437 #37B346 #3766B3 #B337A4

split-complementary

#B38437 #37A4B3 #4637B3

monochromatic

#553F1A #846129 #B38437 #CDA15B #DBBC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#B38437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#B38437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38437

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38437	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)

#96862E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 132, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.109 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea772',
    500: '#b38437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38437;
$custom-light: #cea772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.258,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64498,
    "c": 0.10947,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38437

secondary

#819BC5

accent

#82DC4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38437

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

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