#B38B5A#B38B5A

#B38B5A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.082 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B5A
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 90)
HSL	hsl(33, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 49.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, 9.03, 31.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 33.18, 74.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% 0.0262 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.082 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6698, 28.7889, 13.6650)
Luminance	0.2879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B5A #5A82B3

analogous

#B35F5A #B38B5A #AEB35A

triadic

#B38B5A #5AB38B #8B5AB3

tetradic

#B38B5A #5AB35F #5A82B3 #B35AAE

square

#B38B5A #5AB35F #5A82B3 #B35AAE

split-complementary

#B38B5A #5AAEB3 #5F5AB3

monochromatic

#644C2E #8E6C42 #B38B5A #C6A884 #DAC6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B38B5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#B38B5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B5A

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B5A	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998D56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3965B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.082 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccac89',
    500: '#b38b5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b5a;
$custom-light: #ccac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.034,
    "s": 36.929,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66366,
    "c": 0.08167,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B5A

secondary

#A1B2C8

accent

#8ECD5B

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4F0

border

#D2CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B5A

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

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