#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
RGBrgb(179, 136, 40)
HSLhsl(41, 63%, 43%)
HSVhsv(41, 78%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(59.29, 7.27, 54.47)
CIE-LCHlch(59.29, 54.95, 82.40°)
OKLaboklab(65.18% 0.0146 0.1191)
OKLCHoklch(65.18% 0.12 83)
XYZxyz(27.7794, 27.3473, 5.8225)
Luminance0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##B388281.003.256.476.47
#FFFFFF3.251.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4721.001.001.00
##0000006.4721.001.001.00

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

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#B38828 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva