#B38947#B38947

#B38947 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.098 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38947
RGB	rgb(179, 137, 71)
HSL	hsl(37, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 60.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, 8.50, 40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 41.85, 78.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.0222 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.098 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6749, 27.9319, 9.8411)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38947 #4771B3

analogous

#B35347 #B38947 #A7B347

triadic

#B38947 #47B389 #8947B3

tetradic

#B38947 #47B353 #4771B3 #B347A7

square

#B38947 #47B353 #4771B3 #B347A7

split-complementary

#B38947 #47A7B3 #5347B3

monochromatic

#5B4624 #876736 #B38947 #C7A571 #D8C19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B38947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#B38947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38947

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38947	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 137, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.098 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdab7c',
    500: '#b38947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38947;
$custom-light: #cdab7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65683,
    "c": 0.09821,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38947

secondary

#91A5C4

accent

#86D355

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38947

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

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