#B38D53#B38D53

#B38D53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.089 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D53
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 83)
HSL	hsl(36, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 53.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, 7.27, 36.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 36.91, 78.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% 0.0202 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.089 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6780, 29.2598, 12.2665)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D53 #5379B3

analogous

#B35D53 #B38D53 #A9B353

triadic

#B38D53 #53B38D #8D53B3

tetradic

#B38D53 #53B35D #5379B3 #B353A9

square

#B38D53 #53B35D #5379B3 #B353A9

split-complementary

#B38D53 #53A9B3 #5D53B3

monochromatic

#614B2B #8B6C3E #B38D53 #C6A97D #D9C5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#B38D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#B38D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D53

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D53	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	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)

#9C8E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.089 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccae84',
    500: '#b38d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d53;
$custom-light: #ccae84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.25,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66659,
    "c": 0.08869,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D53

secondary

#9CACC6

accent

#88CF59

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D53

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

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