#B38643#B38643

#B38643 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.101 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38643
RGB	rgb(179, 134, 67)
HSL	hsl(36, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 62.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, 9.88, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 43.20, 76.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% 0.0257 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.101 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1302, 27.0412, 9.0470)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38643 #4370B3

analogous

#B34E43 #B38643 #A8B343

triadic

#B38643 #43B386 #8643B3

tetradic

#B38643 #43B34E #4370B3 #B343A8

square

#B38643 #43B34E #4370B3 #B343A8

split-complementary

#B38643 #43A8B3 #4E43B3

monochromatic

#5A4322 #866532 #B38643 #C8A36B #D8BF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#B38643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#B38643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38643

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38643	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97883C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 134, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.101 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda979',
    500: '#b38643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38643;
$custom-light: #cda979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.893,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65031,
    "c": 0.10082,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38643

secondary

#8DA4C4

accent

#87D553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38643

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

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