#B38440#B38440

#B38440 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.103 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38440
RGB	rgb(179, 132, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.47, 10.78, 42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.47, 44.27, 75.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% 0.028 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.103 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7688, 26.4585, 8.4939)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38440 #406FB3

analogous

#B34A40 #B38440 #A9B340

triadic

#B38440 #40B384 #8440B3

tetradic

#B38440 #40B34A #406FB3 #B340A9

square

#B38440 #40B34A #406FB3 #B340A9

split-complementary

#B38440 #40A9B3 #4A40B3

monochromatic

#594220 #866330 #B38440 #C9A167 #D9BD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#B38440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#B38440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38440

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38440	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 132, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.103 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda777',
    500: '#b38440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38440;
$custom-light: #cda777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.478,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64596,
    "c": 0.10284,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38440

secondary

#8AA2C4

accent

#88D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38440

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

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