#B38451#B38451

#B38451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.089 H 67.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38451
RGB	rgb(179, 132, 81)
HSL	hsl(31, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 54.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, 12.10, 34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 36.45, 70.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% 0.0342 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.089 67.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3283, 26.6823, 11.4411)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38451 #5180B3

analogous

#B35351 #B38451 #B1B351

triadic

#B38451 #51B384 #8451B3

tetradic

#B38451 #51B353 #5180B3 #B351B1

square

#B38451 #51B353 #5180B3 #B351B1

split-complementary

#B38451 #51B1B3 #5351B3

monochromatic

#60462A #8A653C #B38451 #C6A27C #D8C0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#B38451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#B38451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38451

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38451	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94874D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 132, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.089 67.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca783',
    500: '#b38451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38451;
$custom-light: #cca783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.224,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64827,
    "c": 0.08901,
    "h": 67.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38451

secondary

#9AAFC6

accent

#91CF59

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#140F0A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38451

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

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