#B38846#B38846

#B38846 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.099 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38846
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 70)
HSL	hsl(36, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 60.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, 8.98, 41.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 42.15, 77.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.0235 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.099 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5016, 27.6362, 9.6263)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38846 #4671B3

analogous

#B35246 #B38846 #A8B346

triadic

#B38846 #46B388 #8846B3

tetradic

#B38846 #46B352 #4671B3 #B346A8

square

#B38846 #46B352 #4671B3 #B346A8

split-complementary

#B38846 #46A8B3 #5246B3

monochromatic

#5B4524 #876735 #B38846 #C7A46F #D8C09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B38846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#B38846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38846

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38846	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.099 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdaa7b',
    500: '#b38846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38846;
$custom-light: #cdaa7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.33,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65469,
    "c": 0.0988,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38846

secondary

#90A5C4

accent

#86D454

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38846

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

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