#B38836#B38836

#B38836 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.111 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38836
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 54)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 7.95, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 49.35, 80.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% 0.0183 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.111 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0621, 27.4604, 7.3117)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38836 #3661B3

analogous

#B34936 #B38836 #9FB336

triadic

#B38836 #36B388 #8836B3

tetradic

#B38836 #36B349 #3661B3 #B3369F

square

#B38836 #36B349 #3661B3 #B3369F

split-complementary

#B38836 #369FB3 #4936B3

monochromatic

#55411A #846428 #B38836 #CDA559 #DBBF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B38836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#B38836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38836

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38836	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#99892C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.111 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaa71',
    500: '#b38836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38836;
$custom-light: #ceaa71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.36,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65292,
    "c": 0.11115,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38836

secondary

#8098C5

accent

#7DDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38836

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

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