#B38838#B38838

#B38838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.110 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38838
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, 8.06, 47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 48.48, 80.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% 0.0189 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.11 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1101, 27.4796, 7.5642)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38838 #3863B3

analogous

#B34A38 #B38838 #A0B338

triadic

#B38838 #38B388 #8838B3

tetradic

#B38838 #38B34A #3863B3 #B338A0

square

#B38838 #38B34A #3863B3 #B338A0

split-complementary

#B38838 #38A0B3 #4A38B3

monochromatic

#56411B #846529 #B38838 #CCA55C #DBBF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B38838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#B38838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38838

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38838	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99892F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.110 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaa72',
    500: '#b38838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38838;
$custom-light: #ceaa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.024,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65311,
    "c": 0.10973,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38838

secondary

#8299C5

accent

#7EDC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38838

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

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