#B38536#B38536

#B38536 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.110 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38536
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, 9.61, 47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 48.85, 78.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% 0.0231 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.11 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6455, 26.6272, 7.1728)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38536 #3664B3

analogous

#B34636 #B38536 #A2B336

triadic

#B38536 #36B385 #8536B3

tetradic

#B38536 #36B346 #3664B3 #B336A2

square

#B38536 #36B346 #3664B3 #B336A2

split-complementary

#B38536 #36A2B3 #4636B3

monochromatic

#553F1A #846228 #B38536 #CDA259 #DBBD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#B38536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#B38536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38536

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38536	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)

#97862D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.110 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea871',
    500: '#b38536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38536;
$custom-light: #cea871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.92,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64688,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38536

secondary

#8099C5

accent

#81DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38536

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

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