#B38940#B38940

#B38940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.104 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38940
RGB	rgb(179, 137, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, 8.01, 44.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 45.09, 79.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.0198 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.104 79)
XYZ	xyz(28.4631, 27.8472, 8.7254)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38940 #406AB3

analogous

#B35040 #B38940 #A3B340

triadic

#B38940 #40B389 #8940B3

tetradic

#B38940 #40B350 #406AB3 #B340A3

square

#B38940 #40B350 #406AB3 #B340A3

split-complementary

#B38940 #40A3B3 #5040B3

monochromatic

#594420 #866630 #B38940 #C9A567 #D9C094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B38940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#B38940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38940

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38940	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	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)

#9A8A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 137, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.104 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdab78',
    500: '#b38940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38940;
$custom-light: #cdab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.087,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65598,
    "c": 0.10395,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.27845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38940

secondary

#8AA0C4

accent

#82D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38940

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

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