#B38B59#B38B59

#B38B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.083 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B59
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, 8.93, 32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 33.65, 74.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% 0.0258 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.083 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6275, 28.7720, 13.4423)
Luminance	0.2877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B59 #5981B3

analogous

#B35E59 #B38B59 #AEB359

triadic

#B38B59 #59B38B #8B59B3

tetradic

#B38B59 #59B35E #5981B3 #B359AE

square

#B38B59 #59B35E #5981B3 #B359AE

split-complementary

#B38B59 #59AEB3 #5E59B3

monochromatic

#644C2E #8E6C41 #B38B59 #C6A883 #D9C6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B38B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#B38B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B59

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B59	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3965A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.083 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccac89',
    500: '#b38b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b59;
$custom-light: #ccac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6635,
    "c": 0.0826,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B59

secondary

#A0B2C7

accent

#8ECD5B

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4F0

border

#D2CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B59

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

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