#B38D52#B38D52

#B38D52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.090 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D52
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 82)
HSL	hsl(36, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 54.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, 7.18, 36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 37.39, 78.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% 0.0198 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.09 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6397, 29.2445, 12.0646)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D52 #5278B3

analogous

#B35C52 #B38D52 #A8B352

triadic

#B38D52 #52B38D #8D52B3

tetradic

#B38D52 #52B35C #5278B3 #B352A8

square

#B38D52 #52B35C #5278B3 #B352A8

split-complementary

#B38D52 #52A8B3 #5C52B3

monochromatic

#604B2A #8B6C3D #B38D52 #C6A97D #D8C5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#B38D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#B38D52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D52

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D52	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8E4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.090 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccae84',
    500: '#b38d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d52;
$custom-light: #ccae84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.495,
    "s": 38.956,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66644,
    "c": 0.08962,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D52

secondary

#9BACC6

accent

#87CF59

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D52

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

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