#B38C35#B38C35

#B38C35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.113 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38C35
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 53)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, 5.68, 50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 50.54, 83.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% 0.0116 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.113 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6128, 28.5989, 7.3806)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38C35 #355CB3

analogous

#B34D35 #B38C35 #9BB335

triadic

#B38C35 #35B38C #8C35B3

tetradic

#B38C35 #35B34D #355CB3 #B3359B

square

#B38C35 #35B34D #355CB3 #B3359B

split-complementary

#B38C35 #359BB3 #4D35B3

monochromatic

#554219 #846727 #B38C35 #CDA958 #DBC187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B38C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#B38C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38C35

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38C35	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.113 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cead71',
    500: '#b38c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38c35;
$custom-light: #cead71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.429,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66096,
    "c": 0.11327,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38C35

secondary

#7F94C5

accent

#78DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38C35

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

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