#B38650#B38650

#B38650 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.090 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38650
RGB	rgb(179, 134, 80)
HSL	hsl(33, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 55.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, 10.89, 35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 37.15, 72.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% 0.0305 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.09 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5649, 27.2150, 11.3364)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38650 #507DB3

analogous

#B35450 #B38650 #AEB350

triadic

#B38650 #50B386 #8650B3

tetradic

#B38650 #50B354 #507DB3 #B350AE

square

#B38650 #50B354 #507DB3 #B350AE

split-complementary

#B38650 #50AEB3 #5450B3

monochromatic

#5F4729 #8A663C #B38650 #C6A47B #D8C1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B38650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#B38650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38650

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38650	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96884B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 134, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.090 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca982',
    500: '#b38650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38650;
$custom-light: #cca982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 39.442,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65208,
    "c": 0.08996,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38650

secondary

#99ADC5

accent

#8ECF58

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#140F0A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38650

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

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