#B38833#B38833

#B38833 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.113 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38833
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 51)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, 7.78, 50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 50.62, 81.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.0174 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.113 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9939, 27.4331, 6.9520)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38833 #335EB3

analogous

#B34833 #B38833 #9EB333

triadic

#B38833 #33B388 #8833B3

tetradic

#B38833 #33B348 #335EB3 #B3339E

square

#B38833 #33B348 #335EB3 #B3339E

split-complementary

#B38833 #339EB3 #4833B3

monochromatic

#544018 #836425 #B38833 #CEA655 #DCBF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B38833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#B38833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38833

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38833	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.113 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaa6f',
    500: '#b38833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38833;
$custom-light: #ceaa6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.844,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65264,
    "c": 0.11322,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38833

secondary

#7C95C6

accent

#7BDF49

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38833

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

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