#B38548#B38548

#B38548 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.097 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38548
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 72)
HSL	hsl(34, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 59.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, 10.80, 39.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 40.74, 74.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% 0.0291 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.097 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1492, 26.8286, 9.8255)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38548 #4876B3

analogous

#B35048 #B38548 #ABB348

triadic

#B38548 #48B385 #8548B3

tetradic

#B38548 #48B350 #4876B3 #B348AB

square

#B38548 #48B350 #4876B3 #B348AB

split-complementary

#B38548 #48ABB3 #5048B3

monochromatic

#5C4425 #876536 #B38548 #C6A272 #D8BF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#B38548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#B38548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38548

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38548	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.097 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda87d',
    500: '#b38548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38548;
$custom-light: #cda87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.206,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64895,
    "c": 0.09659,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38548

secondary

#92A8C4

accent

#8BD255

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#140F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38548

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

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