#B38844#B38844

#B38844 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.100 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38844
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 68)
HSL	hsl(37, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 62%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, 8.84, 42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 43.07, 78.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.0228 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.1 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4395, 27.6113, 9.2993)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38844 #446FB3

analogous

#B35144 #B38844 #A6B344

triadic

#B38844 #44B388 #8844B3

tetradic

#B38844 #44B351 #446FB3 #B344A6

square

#B38844 #44B351 #446FB3 #B344A6

split-complementary

#B38844 #44A6B3 #5144B3

monochromatic

#5A4522 #876633 #B38844 #C7A46D #D8C099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B38844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#B38844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38844

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38844	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98893D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.100 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdaa7a',
    500: '#b38844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38844;
$custom-light: #cdaa7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.757,
    "s": 44.939,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65444,
    "c": 0.10045,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38844

secondary

#8EA3C4

accent

#85D553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38844

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

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