#B38830#B38830

#B38830 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.115 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38830
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 48)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 73.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, 7.63, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 51.85, 81.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.0166 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.115 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9298, 27.4075, 6.6149)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38830 #305BB3

analogous

#B34630 #B38830 #9DB330

triadic

#B38830 #30B388 #8830B3

tetradic

#B38830 #30B346 #305BB3 #B3309D

square

#B38830 #30B346 #305BB3 #B3309D

split-complementary

#B38830 #309DB3 #4630B3

monochromatic

#523F16 #836323 #B38830 #D0A650 #DDBF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B38830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#B38830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38830

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38830	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.115 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaa6e',
    500: '#b38830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38830;
$custom-light: #ceaa6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.305,
    "s": 57.709,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65238,
    "c": 0.11519,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38830

secondary

#7992C6

accent

#79E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38830

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

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