#B38635#B38635

#B38635 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.111 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38635
RGB	rgb(179, 134, 53)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, 9.00, 48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 49.44, 79.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% 0.0212 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.111 79)
XYZ	xyz(27.7599, 26.8930, 7.0963)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38635 #3562B3

analogous

#B34735 #B38635 #A1B335

triadic

#B38635 #35B386 #8635B3

tetradic

#B38635 #35B347 #3562B3 #B335A1

square

#B38635 #35B347 #3562B3 #B335A1

split-complementary

#B38635 #35A1B3 #4735B3

monochromatic

#553F19 #846327 #B38635 #CDA358 #DBBD87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#B38635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#B38635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38635

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38635	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98872B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 134, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.111 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea970',
    500: '#b38635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38635;
$custom-light: #cea970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64879,
    "c": 0.1113,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.26891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38635

secondary

#7F98C5

accent

#7FDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38635

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

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