#B38841#B38841

#B38841 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.103 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38841
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 65)
HSL	hsl(37, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 63.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, 8.63, 43.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 44.46, 78.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% 0.0218 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.103 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3503, 27.5757, 8.8294)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38841 #416CB3

analogous

#B34F41 #B38841 #A5B341

triadic

#B38841 #41B388 #8841B3

tetradic

#B38841 #41B34F #416CB3 #B341A5

square

#B38841 #41B34F #416CB3 #B341A5

split-complementary

#B38841 #41A5B3 #4F41B3

monochromatic

#594420 #866631 #B38841 #C8A469 #D9BF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B38841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#B38841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38841

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38841	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)

#99893A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.103 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdaa78',
    500: '#b38841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38841;
$custom-light: #cdaa78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.368,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65408,
    "c": 0.10288,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38841

secondary

#8BA1C4

accent

#84D651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38841

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

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