#B38937#B38937

#B38937 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.111 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38937
RGB	rgb(179, 137, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, 7.45, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 49.10, 81.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.017 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.111 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2274, 27.7529, 7.4838)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38937 #3761B3

analogous

#B34B37 #B38937 #9FB337

triadic

#B38937 #37B389 #8937B3

tetradic

#B38937 #37B34B #3761B3 #B3379F

square

#B38937 #37B34B #3761B3 #B3379F

split-complementary

#B38937 #379FB3 #4B37B3

monochromatic

#55411A #846529 #B38937 #CDA65B #DBBF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B38937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#B38937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38937

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38937	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)

#9A892D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 137, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.111 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab72',
    500: '#b38937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38937;
$custom-light: #ceab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.677,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65504,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38937

secondary

#8198C5

accent

#7DDC4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38937

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

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