#B38834#B38834

#B38834 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.113 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38834
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 52)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 70.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 7.84, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 50.20, 81.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% 0.0177 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.113 81)
XYZ	xyz(28.0161, 27.4420, 7.0694)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38834 #345FB3

analogous

#B34934 #B38834 #9EB334

triadic

#B38834 #34B388 #8834B3

tetradic

#B38834 #34B349 #345FB3 #B3349E

square

#B38834 #34B349 #345FB3 #B3349E

split-complementary

#B38834 #349EB3 #4934B3

monochromatic

#544018 #846426 #B38834 #CEA556 #DCBF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B38834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#B38834 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38834

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38834	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)

#998929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.113 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaa70',
    500: '#b38834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38834;
$custom-light: #ceaa70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.685,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65273,
    "c": 0.11254,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.2744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38834

secondary

#7D96C5

accent

#7CDE49

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38834

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

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