#B38829#B38829

#B38829 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.119 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38829
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 41)
HSL	hsl(41, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 77.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, 7.31, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 54.58, 82.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.0148 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.119 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7966, 27.3542, 5.9133)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38829 #2954B3

analogous

#B34329 #B38829 #99B329

triadic

#B38829 #29B388 #8829B3

tetradic

#B38829 #29B343 #2954B3 #B32999

square

#B38829 #29B343 #2954B3 #B32999

split-complementary

#B38829 #2999B3 #4329B3

monochromatic

#4F3C12 #81621E #B38829 #D4A845 #E0BF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B38829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#B38829 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38829

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38829	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)

#9A8819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.119 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaa6a',
    500: '#b38829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38829;
$custom-light: #ceaa6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.304,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65184,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38829

secondary

#708CC7

accent

#75E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38829

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

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