#B38828#B38828

#B38828 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.120 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38828
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 40)
HSL	hsl(41, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, 7.27, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 54.95, 82.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.0146 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.12 83)
XYZ	xyz(27.7794, 27.3473, 5.8225)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38828 #2853B3

analogous

#B34328 #B38828 #98B328

triadic

#B38828 #28B388 #8828B3

tetradic

#B38828 #28B343 #2853B3 #B32898

square

#B38828 #28B343 #2853B3 #B32898

split-complementary

#B38828 #2898B3 #4328B3

monochromatic

#4F3C12 #81621D #B38828 #D5A843 #E0BF75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B38828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#B38828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38828

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38828	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.120 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaa69',
    500: '#b38828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38828;
$custom-light: #ceaa69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.439,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65177,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.27345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38828

secondary

#6F8BC8

accent

#74E641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38828

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

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