#B38B36#B38B36

#B38B36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.112 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B36
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 54)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, 6.29, 49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 49.91, 82.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% 0.0135 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.112 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4906, 28.3172, 7.4545)
Luminance	0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B36 #365EB3

analogous

#B34C36 #B38B36 #9CB336

triadic

#B38B36 #36B38B #8B36B3

tetradic

#B38B36 #36B34C #365EB3 #B3369C

square

#B38B36 #36B34C #365EB3 #B3369C

split-complementary

#B38B36 #369CB3 #4C36B3

monochromatic

#55421A #846628 #B38B36 #CDA859 #DBC188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#B38B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#B38B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B36

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B36	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.112 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac71',
    500: '#b38b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b36;
$custom-light: #ceac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.8,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65901,
    "c": 0.11217,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B36

secondary

#8096C5

accent

#7ADD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B36

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

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