#B38B37#B38B37

#B38B37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.111 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B37
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 55)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.18, 6.34, 49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.18, 49.48, 82.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% 0.0138 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.111 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5143, 28.3267, 7.5795)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B37 #375FB3

analogous

#B34D37 #B38B37 #9DB337

triadic

#B38B37 #37B38B #8B37B3

tetradic

#B38B37 #37B34D #375FB3 #B3379D

square

#B38B37 #37B34D #375FB3 #B3379D

split-complementary

#B38B37 #379DB3 #4D37B3

monochromatic

#55421A #846729 #B38B37 #CDA85B #DBC18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#B38B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#B38B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B37

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B37	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)

#9C8B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6953A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.111 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac72',
    500: '#b38b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b37;
$custom-light: #ceac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.645,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6591,
    "c": 0.11146,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B37

secondary

#8197C5

accent

#7ADC4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B37

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

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