#B38856#B38856

#B38856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.085 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38856
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 86)
HSL	hsl(32, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(32, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, 10.32, 33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 34.62, 72.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.0295 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.085 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0757, 27.8658, 12.6495)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38856 #5681B3

analogous

#B35A56 #B38856 #B0B356

triadic

#B38856 #56B388 #8856B3

tetradic

#B38856 #56B35A #5681B3 #B356B0

square

#B38856 #56B35A #5681B3 #B356B0

split-complementary

#B38856 #56B0B3 #5A56B3

monochromatic

#62492C #8D693F #B38856 #C6A680 #D9C3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B38856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#B38856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38856

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38856	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.085 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccaa86',
    500: '#b38856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38856;
$custom-light: #ccaa86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.258,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.657,
    "c": 0.0849,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38856

secondary

#9EB1C7

accent

#90CE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38856

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

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