#B38657#B38657

#B38657 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.084 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38657
RGB	rgb(179, 134, 87)
HSL	hsl(31, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(31, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 51.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, 11.52, 31.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 33.90, 70.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% 0.0332 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.084 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8372, 27.3239, 12.7702)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38657 #5784B3

analogous

#B35857 #B38657 #B2B357

triadic

#B38657 #57B386 #8657B3

tetradic

#B38657 #57B358 #5784B3 #B357B2

square

#B38657 #57B358 #5784B3 #B357B2

split-complementary

#B38657 #57B2B3 #5857B3

monochromatic

#63482D #8D6740 #B38657 #C6A481 #D9C3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B38657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#B38657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38657

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38657	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)

#958953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 134, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.084 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca987',
    500: '#b38657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38657;
$custom-light: #cca987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.652,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65319,
    "c": 0.08392,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38657

secondary

#9FB2C7

accent

#93CE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#140F0B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38657

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

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