#B38457#B38457

#B38457 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.084 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38457
RGB	rgb(179, 132, 87)
HSL	hsl(29, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(29, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 51.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, 12.64, 31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 33.70, 67.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.0365 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.084 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5634, 26.7763, 12.6789)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38457 #5786B3

analogous

#B35758 #B38457 #B3B257

triadic

#B38457 #57B384 #8457B3

tetradic

#B38457 #58B357 #5786B3 #B257B3

square

#B38457 #58B357 #5786B3 #B257B3

split-complementary

#B38457 #57B3B2 #5758B3

monochromatic

#63472D #8D6640 #B38457 #C6A381 #D9C2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#B38457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#B38457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38457

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38457	1.00	3.30	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 132, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.084 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca787',
    500: '#b38457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38457;
$custom-light: #cca787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.348,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64924,
    "c": 0.08397,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38457

secondary

#9FB3C7

accent

#95CE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#140F0B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38457

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

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