#B38639#B38639

#B38639 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.108 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38639
RGB	rgb(179, 134, 57)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 68.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, 9.23, 46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 47.71, 78.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.0224 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.108 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8557, 26.9314, 7.6012)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38639 #3966B3

analogous

#B34939 #B38639 #A3B339

triadic

#B38639 #39B386 #8639B3

tetradic

#B38639 #39B349 #3966B3 #B339A3

square

#B38639 #39B349 #3966B3 #B339A3

split-complementary

#B38639 #39A3B3 #4939B3

monochromatic

#56411B #85632A #B38639 #CCA35E #DABD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#B38639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#B38639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38639

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38639	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 134, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.108 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea973',
    500: '#b38639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38639;
$custom-light: #cea973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.869,
    "s": 51.695,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64919,
    "c": 0.10847,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38639

secondary

#839BC5

accent

#81DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38639

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

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