#B38751#B38751

#B38751 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.089 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38751
RGB	rgb(179, 135, 81)
HSL	hsl(33, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 54.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, 10.42, 35.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 36.82, 73.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.0292 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.089 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7410, 27.5077, 11.5787)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38751 #517DB3

analogous

#B35651 #B38751 #AEB351

triadic

#B38751 #51B387 #8751B3

tetradic

#B38751 #51B356 #517DB3 #B351AE

square

#B38751 #51B356 #517DB3 #B351AE

split-complementary

#B38751 #51AEB3 #5651B3

monochromatic

#60482A #8A673C #B38751 #C6A47C #D8C2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B38751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#B38751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38751

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38751	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96894C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 135, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.089 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca983',
    500: '#b38751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38751;
$custom-light: #cca983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.061,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65422,
    "c": 0.0892,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38751

secondary

#9AAEC6

accent

#8ECF59

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38751

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

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