#B38B49#B38B49

#B38B49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.097 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B49
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 59.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 7.55, 40.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 41.29, 79.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% 0.0197 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.097 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0271, 28.5319, 10.2804)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B49 #4971B3

analogous

#B35649 #B38B49 #A6B349

triadic

#B38B49 #49B38B #8B49B3

tetradic

#B38B49 #49B356 #4971B3 #B349A6

square

#B38B49 #49B356 #4971B3 #B349A6

split-complementary

#B38B49 #49A6B3 #5649B3

monochromatic

#5C4726 #886937 #B38B49 #C6A773 #D8C29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B38B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#B38B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B49

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B49	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4964B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.097 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdac7e',
    500: '#b38b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b49;
$custom-light: #cdac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.358,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66113,
    "c": 0.09708,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B49

secondary

#93A6C4

accent

#85D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B49

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

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