#B38545#B38545

#B38545 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.099 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38545
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 69)
HSL	hsl(35, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 61.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, 10.58, 40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 42.13, 75.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% 0.0281 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.099 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0537, 26.7905, 9.3226)
Luminance	0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38545 #4573B3

analogous

#B34E45 #B38545 #AAB345

triadic

#B38545 #45B385 #8545B3

tetradic

#B38545 #45B34E #4573B3 #B345AA

square

#B38545 #45B34E #4573B3 #B345AA

split-complementary

#B38545 #45AAB3 #4E45B3

monochromatic

#5B4323 #876434 #B38545 #C7A26E #D8BE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#B38545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#B38545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38545

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38545	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96873F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.099 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda87b',
    500: '#b38545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38545;
$custom-light: #cda87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.909,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64856,
    "c": 0.09904,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38545

secondary

#8FA6C4

accent

#89D454

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38545

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →