#B38737#B38737

#B38737 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.110 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38737
RGB	rgb(179, 135, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, 8.56, 47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 48.74, 79.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% 0.0202 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.11 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9457, 27.1895, 7.3899)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38737 #3763B3

analogous

#B34937 #B38737 #A1B337

triadic

#B38737 #37B387 #8737B3

tetradic

#B38737 #37B349 #3763B3 #B337A1

square

#B38737 #37B349 #3763B3 #B337A1

split-complementary

#B38737 #37A1B3 #4937B3

monochromatic

#55401A #846429 #B38737 #CDA45B #DBBE8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B38737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#B38737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38737

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38737	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)

#98882E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 135, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.110 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea972',
    500: '#b38737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38737;
$custom-light: #cea972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.71,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.651,
    "c": 0.11016,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38737

secondary

#8199C5

accent

#7FDC4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38737

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

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