#B38738#B38738

#B38738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.109 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38738
RGB	rgb(179, 135, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 8.62, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 48.31, 79.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.0205 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.109 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9699, 27.1992, 7.5174)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38738 #3864B3

analogous

#B34A38 #B38738 #A1B338

triadic

#B38738 #38B387 #8738B3

tetradic

#B38738 #38B34A #3864B3 #B338A1

square

#B38738 #38B34A #3864B3 #B338A1

split-complementary

#B38738 #38A1B3 #4A38B3

monochromatic

#56411B #846429 #B38738 #CCA45C #DBBE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B38738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#B38738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38738

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38738	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)

#98882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 135, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.109 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea972',
    500: '#b38738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38738;
$custom-light: #cea972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.537,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65109,
    "c": 0.10945,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38738

secondary

#829AC5

accent

#7FDC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38738

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

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