#B38831#B38831

#B38831 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.115 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38831
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 49)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 7.68, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 51.45, 81.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.0169 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.115 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9507, 27.4158, 6.7248)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38831 #315CB3

analogous

#B34731 #B38831 #9DB331

triadic

#B38831 #31B388 #8831B3

tetradic

#B38831 #31B347 #315CB3 #B3319D

square

#B38831 #31B347 #315CB3 #B3319D

split-complementary

#B38831 #319DB3 #4731B3

monochromatic

#533F17 #836324 #B38831 #D0A652 #DDBF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B38831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#B38831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38831

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38831	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)

#9A8925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.115 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaa6e',
    500: '#b38831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38831;
$custom-light: #ceaa6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.154,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65247,
    "c": 0.11454,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38831

secondary

#7A93C6

accent

#7AE048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38831

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

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