#B38840#B38840

#B38840 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.104 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38840
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, 8.56, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 44.91, 79.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.0214 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.104 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3216, 27.5642, 8.6782)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38840 #406BB3

analogous

#B34E40 #B38840 #A5B340

triadic

#B38840 #40B388 #8840B3

tetradic

#B38840 #40B34E #406BB3 #B340A5

square

#B38840 #40B34E #406BB3 #B340A5

split-complementary

#B38840 #40A5B3 #4E40B3

monochromatic

#594320 #866630 #B38840 #C9A467 #D9BF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B38840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#B38840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38840

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38840	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.104 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdaa77',
    500: '#b38840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38840;
$custom-light: #cdaa77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.565,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65397,
    "c": 0.10367,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38840

secondary

#8AA0C4

accent

#83D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38840

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

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