#B38731#B38731

#B38731 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.114 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38731
RGB	rgb(179, 135, 49)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, 8.24, 50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 51.27, 80.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.0185 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.114 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8105, 27.1355, 6.6781)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38731 #315DB3

analogous

#B34631 #B38731 #9EB331

triadic

#B38731 #31B387 #8731B3

tetradic

#B38731 #31B346 #315DB3 #B3319E

square

#B38731 #31B346 #315DB3 #B3319E

split-complementary

#B38731 #319EB3 #4631B3

monochromatic

#533F17 #836324 #B38731 #D0A552 #DDBE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B38731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#B38731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38731

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38731	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 135, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.114 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea96e',
    500: '#b38731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38731;
$custom-light: #cea96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.692,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65045,
    "c": 0.11424,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38731

secondary

#7A94C6

accent

#7BE048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38731

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

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