#B38541#B38541

#B38541 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.102 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38541
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 65)
HSL	hsl(36, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 63.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, 10.30, 42.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 43.97, 76.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% 0.0267 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.102 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9337, 26.7425, 8.6906)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38541 #416FB3

analogous

#B34C41 #B38541 #A8B341

triadic

#B38541 #41B385 #8541B3

tetradic

#B38541 #41B34C #416FB3 #B341A8

square

#B38541 #41B34C #416FB3 #B341A8

split-complementary

#B38541 #41A8B3 #4C41B3

monochromatic

#594220 #866431 #B38541 #C8A269 #D9BE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#B38541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#B38541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38541

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38541	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)

#96873A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.102 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda878',
    500: '#b38541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38541;
$custom-light: #cda878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.789,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64807,
    "c": 0.10222,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38541

secondary

#8BA2C4

accent

#87D651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38541

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

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