#B38945#B38945

#B38945 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.100 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38945
RGB	rgb(179, 137, 69)
HSL	hsl(37, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 61.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, 8.36, 41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 42.79, 78.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.0215 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.1 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6118, 27.9066, 9.5086)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38945 #456FB3

analogous

#B35245 #B38945 #A6B345

triadic

#B38945 #45B389 #8945B3

tetradic

#B38945 #45B352 #456FB3 #B345A6

square

#B38945 #45B352 #456FB3 #B345A6

split-complementary

#B38945 #45A6B3 #5245B3

monochromatic

#5B4523 #876734 #B38945 #C7A56E #D8C19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B38945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#B38945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38945

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38945	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 137, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.100 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdab7b',
    500: '#b38945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38945;
$custom-light: #cdab7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.091,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65658,
    "c": 0.09989,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38945

secondary

#8FA4C4

accent

#85D454

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38945

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

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