#B38546#B38546

#B38546 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.098 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38546
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 70)
HSL	hsl(35, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 60.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, 10.65, 40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 41.67, 75.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% 0.0284 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.098 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0850, 26.8030, 9.4874)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38546 #4674B3

analogous

#B34F46 #B38546 #ABB346

triadic

#B38546 #46B385 #8546B3

tetradic

#B38546 #46B34F #4674B3 #B346AB

square

#B38546 #46B34F #4674B3 #B346AB

split-complementary

#B38546 #46ABB3 #4F46B3

monochromatic

#5B4424 #876435 #B38546 #C7A26F #D8BE9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#B38546 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#B38546 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38546

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38546	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38546	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)

#968740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38546;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.098 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda87b',
    500: '#b38546',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38546;
$custom-light: #cda87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38546",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.679,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64869,
    "c": 0.09823,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38546

secondary

#90A6C4

accent

#8AD454

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38546

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

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