#B38736#B38736

#B38736 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.111 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38736
RGB	rgb(179, 135, 54)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, 8.50, 48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 49.17, 80.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% 0.0199 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.111 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9220, 27.1800, 7.2650)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38736 #3662B3

analogous

#B34836 #B38736 #A0B336

triadic

#B38736 #36B387 #8736B3

tetradic

#B38736 #36B348 #3662B3 #B336A0

square

#B38736 #36B348 #3662B3 #B336A0

split-complementary

#B38736 #36A0B3 #4836B3

monochromatic

#55401A #846428 #B38736 #CDA459 #DBBE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B38736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#B38736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38736

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38736	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)

#98882C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 135, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.111 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea971',
    500: '#b38736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38736;
$custom-light: #cea971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.88,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6509,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38736

secondary

#8098C5

accent

#7EDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38736

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

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