#B38852#B38852

#B38852 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.088 H 71.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38852
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 82)
HSL	hsl(33, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 54.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, 9.96, 35.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 36.50, 74.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% 0.028 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.088 71.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9190, 27.8031, 11.8244)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38852 #527DB3

analogous

#B35752 #B38852 #ADB352

triadic

#B38852 #52B388 #8852B3

tetradic

#B38852 #52B357 #527DB3 #B352AD

square

#B38852 #52B357 #527DB3 #B352AD

split-complementary

#B38852 #52ADB3 #5752B3

monochromatic

#60482A #8B683D #B38852 #C6A57D #D8C2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B38852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#B38852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38852

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38852	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978A4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.088 71.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccaa84',
    500: '#b38852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38852;
$custom-light: #ccaa84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.402,
    "s": 38.956,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65637,
    "c": 0.08845,
    "h": 71.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38852

secondary

#9BAEC6

accent

#8DCF59

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38852

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

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