#B38549#B38549

#B38549 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.096 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38549
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 73)
HSL	hsl(34, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 59.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, 10.88, 38.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 40.28, 74.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% 0.0295 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.096 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1821, 26.8418, 9.9987)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38549 #4977B3

analogous

#B35049 #B38549 #ACB349

triadic

#B38549 #49B385 #8549B3

tetradic

#B38549 #49B350 #4977B3 #B349AC

square

#B38549 #49B350 #4977B3 #B349AC

split-complementary

#B38549 #49ACB3 #5049B3

monochromatic

#5C4426 #886537 #B38549 #C6A273 #D8BF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#B38549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#B38549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38549

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38549	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)

#958744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.096 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda87d',
    500: '#b38549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38549;
$custom-light: #cda87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.962,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64909,
    "c": 0.09577,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38549

secondary

#93A9C4

accent

#8CD256

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#140F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38549

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

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