#B38848#B38848

#B38848 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.097 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38848
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 72)
HSL	hsl(36, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 59.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 9.13, 40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 41.21, 77.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.0242 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.097 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5658, 27.6619, 9.9643)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38848 #4873B3

analogous

#B35348 #B38848 #A9B348

triadic

#B38848 #48B388 #8848B3

tetradic

#B38848 #48B353 #4873B3 #B348A9

square

#B38848 #48B353 #4873B3 #B348A9

split-complementary

#B38848 #48A9B3 #5348B3

monochromatic

#5C4625 #876736 #B38848 #C6A472 #D8C09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B38848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#B38848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38848

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38848	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#988942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.097 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdaa7d',
    500: '#b38848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38848;
$custom-light: #cdaa7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.888,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65495,
    "c": 0.09712,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38848

secondary

#92A7C4

accent

#88D255

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38848

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

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