#B38835#B38835

#B38835 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.112 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38835
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, 7.89, 49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 49.78, 80.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.018 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.112 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0389, 27.4511, 7.1893)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38835 #3560B3

analogous

#B34935 #B38835 #9FB335

triadic

#B38835 #35B388 #8835B3

tetradic

#B38835 #35B349 #3560B3 #B3359F

square

#B38835 #35B349 #3560B3 #B3359F

split-complementary

#B38835 #359FB3 #4935B3

monochromatic

#554019 #846427 #B38835 #CDA558 #DBBF87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B38835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#B38835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38835

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38835	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)

#99892B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.112 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaa71',
    500: '#b38835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38835;
$custom-light: #ceaa71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.524,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65282,
    "c": 0.11186,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38835

secondary

#7F97C5

accent

#7CDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38835

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

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