#B38538#B38538

#B38538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.109 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38538
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, 9.73, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 47.98, 78.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% 0.0237 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.109 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6935, 26.6464, 7.4253)
Luminance	0.2664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38538 #3866B3

analogous

#B34738 #B38538 #A3B338

triadic

#B38538 #38B385 #8538B3

tetradic

#B38538 #38B347 #3866B3 #B338A3

square

#B38538 #38B347 #3866B3 #B338A3

split-complementary

#B38538 #38A3B3 #4738B3

monochromatic

#56401B #846229 #B38538 #CCA25C #DBBD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#B38538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#B38538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38538

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38538	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97862F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.109 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea872',
    500: '#b38538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38538;
$custom-light: #cea872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.561,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64708,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38538

secondary

#829BC5

accent

#82DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38538

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

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