#B38637#B38637

#B38637 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.110 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38637
RGB	rgb(179, 134, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, 9.11, 47.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 48.58, 79.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% 0.0218 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.11 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8068, 26.9118, 7.3436)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38637 #3764B3

analogous

#B34837 #B38637 #A2B337

triadic

#B38637 #37B386 #8637B3

tetradic

#B38637 #37B348 #3764B3 #B337A2

square

#B38637 #37B348 #3764B3 #B337A2

split-complementary

#B38637 #37A2B3 #4837B3

monochromatic

#55401A #846329 #B38637 #CDA35B #DBBD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#B38637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#B38637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38637

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38637	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)

#98872E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 134, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.110 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea972',
    500: '#b38637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38637;
$custom-light: #cea972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.226,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64898,
    "c": 0.10991,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38637

secondary

#819AC5

accent

#80DC4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38637

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

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