#B38656#B38656

#B38656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.085 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38656
RGB	rgb(179, 134, 86)
HSL	hsl(31, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(31, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, 11.43, 32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 34.36, 70.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.0328 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.085 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7966, 27.3077, 12.5565)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38656 #5683B3

analogous

#B35856 #B38656 #B1B356

triadic

#B38656 #56B386 #8656B3

tetradic

#B38656 #56B358 #5683B3 #B356B1

square

#B38656 #56B358 #5683B3 #B356B1

split-complementary

#B38656 #56B1B3 #5856B3

monochromatic

#62482C #8D673F #B38656 #C6A480 #D9C2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B38656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#B38656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38656

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38656	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 134, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.085 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca986',
    500: '#b38656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38656;
$custom-light: #cca986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.968,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65302,
    "c": 0.08478,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38656

secondary

#9EB2C7

accent

#92CE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#140F0B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38656

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

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