#B38B5D#B38B5D

#B38B5D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.079 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B5D
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 93)
HSL	hsl(32, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 48%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 48%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, 9.32, 30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 31.76, 72.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% 0.0274 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.079 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8000, 28.8410, 14.3511)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B5D #5D85B3

analogous

#B3605D #B38B5D #B0B35D

triadic

#B38B5D #5DB38B #8B5DB3

tetradic

#B38B5D #5DB360 #5D85B3 #B35DB0

square

#B38B5D #5DB360 #5D85B3 #B35DB0

split-complementary

#B38B5D #5DB0B3 #605DB3

monochromatic

#664D30 #8F6C43 #B38B5D #C7A987 #DAC7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B38B5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#B38B5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B5D

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B5D	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998D59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2965E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.079 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccac8b',
    500: '#b38b5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b5d;
$custom-light: #ccac8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.093,
    "s": 36.134,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66417,
    "c": 0.07888,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B5D

secondary

#A3B5C8

accent

#90CC5C

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4F0

border

#D2CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#827F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B5D

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

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