#B38935#B38935

#B38935 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.112 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38935
RGB	rgb(179, 137, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, 7.34, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 49.96, 81.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% 0.0164 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.112 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1804, 27.7341, 7.2364)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38935 #355FB3

analogous

#B34A35 #B38935 #9EB335

triadic

#B38935 #35B389 #8935B3

tetradic

#B38935 #35B34A #355FB3 #B3359E

square

#B38935 #35B34A #355FB3 #B3359E

split-complementary

#B38935 #359EB3 #4A35B3

monochromatic

#554119 #846527 #B38935 #CDA658 #DBBF87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B38935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#B38935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38935

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38935	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 137, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.112 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab71',
    500: '#b38935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38935;
$custom-light: #ceab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65485,
    "c": 0.11217,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38935

secondary

#7F96C5

accent

#7BDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38935

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

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