#B38837#B38837

#B38837 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.110 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38837
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, 8.00, 48.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 48.92, 80.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.0186 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.11 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0859, 27.4699, 7.4366)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38837 #3762B3

analogous

#B34A37 #B38837 #A0B337

triadic

#B38837 #37B388 #8837B3

tetradic

#B38837 #37B34A #3762B3 #B337A0

square

#B38837 #37B34A #3762B3 #B337A0

split-complementary

#B38837 #37A0B3 #4A37B3

monochromatic

#55411A #846429 #B38837 #CDA55B #DBBF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B38837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#B38837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38837

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38837	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)

#99892D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4933A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.110 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaa72',
    500: '#b38837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38837;
$custom-light: #ceaa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.194,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65301,
    "c": 0.11044,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38837

secondary

#8198C5

accent

#7EDC4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38837

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

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