#B38735#B38735

#B38735 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.112 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38735
RGB	rgb(179, 135, 53)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 8.45, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 49.60, 80.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% 0.0196 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.112 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8987, 27.1707, 7.1425)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38735 #3561B3

analogous

#B34835 #B38735 #A0B335

triadic

#B38735 #35B387 #8735B3

tetradic

#B38735 #35B348 #3561B3 #B335A0

square

#B38735 #35B348 #3561B3 #B335A0

split-complementary

#B38735 #35A0B3 #4835B3

monochromatic

#554019 #846327 #B38735 #CDA458 #DBBE87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B38735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#B38735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38735

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38735	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#99882B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 135, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.112 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea971',
    500: '#b38735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38735;
$custom-light: #cea971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.048,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65081,
    "c": 0.11157,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38735

secondary

#7F97C5

accent

#7EDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38735

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

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