#B38540#B38540

#B38540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.103 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38540
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, 10.23, 43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 44.42, 76.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% 0.0263 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.103 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9050, 26.7310, 8.5394)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38540 #406EB3

analogous

#B34C40 #B38540 #A7B340

triadic

#B38540 #40B385 #8540B3

tetradic

#B38540 #40B34C #406EB3 #B340A7

square

#B38540 #40B34C #406EB3 #B340A7

split-complementary

#B38540 #40A7B3 #4C40B3

monochromatic

#594220 #866430 #B38540 #C9A267 #D9BE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#B38540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#B38540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38540

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38540	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	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)

#968739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.103 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda877',
    500: '#b38540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38540;
$custom-light: #cda877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64795,
    "c": 0.103,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38540

secondary

#8AA2C4

accent

#86D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38540

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

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