#B38951#B38951

#B38951 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.089 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38951
RGB	rgb(179, 137, 81)
HSL	hsl(34, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 54.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, 9.31, 35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 37.13, 75.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.0259 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.09 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0227, 28.0710, 11.6726)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38951 #517BB3

analogous

#B35851 #B38951 #ACB351

triadic

#B38951 #51B389 #8951B3

tetradic

#B38951 #51B358 #517BB3 #B351AC

square

#B38951 #51B358 #517BB3 #B351AC

split-complementary

#B38951 #51ACB3 #5851B3

monochromatic

#60492A #8A693C #B38951 #C6A67C #D8C3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B38951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#B38951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38951

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38951	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988B4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 137, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.089 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccab83',
    500: '#b38951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38951;
$custom-light: #ccab83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65822,
    "c": 0.0895,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38951

secondary

#9AADC6

accent

#8BCF59

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38951

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

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