#B38936#B38936

#B38936 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.111 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38936
RGB	rgb(179, 137, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, 7.39, 48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 49.53, 81.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% 0.0167 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.111 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2036, 27.7434, 7.3589)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38936 #3660B3

analogous

#B34A36 #B38936 #9EB336

triadic

#B38936 #36B389 #8936B3

tetradic

#B38936 #36B34A #3660B3 #B3369E

square

#B38936 #36B34A #3660B3 #B3369E

split-complementary

#B38936 #369EB3 #4A36B3

monochromatic

#55411A #846528 #B38936 #CDA659 #DBBF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B38936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#B38936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38936

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38936	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)

#9A892C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 137, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.111 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab71',
    500: '#b38936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38936;
$custom-light: #ceab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.84,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65494,
    "c": 0.11146,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38936

secondary

#8097C5

accent

#7CDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38936

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

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