#B38535#B38535

#B38535 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.111 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38535
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 53)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, 9.56, 48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 49.28, 78.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% 0.0228 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.111 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6223, 26.6179, 7.0504)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38535 #3563B3

analogous

#B34635 #B38535 #A2B335

triadic

#B38535 #35B385 #8535B3

tetradic

#B38535 #35B346 #3563B3 #B335A2

square

#B38535 #35B346 #3563B3 #B335A2

split-complementary

#B38535 #35A2B3 #4635B3

monochromatic

#553F19 #846227 #B38535 #CDA258 #DBBD87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#B38535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#B38535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38535

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38535	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97862B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.111 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea870',
    500: '#b38535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38535;
$custom-light: #cea870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.095,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64679,
    "c": 0.11106,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38535

secondary

#7F98C5

accent

#80DE4A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38535

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

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