#B38E50#B38E50

#B38E50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.092 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E50
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 80)
HSL	hsl(38, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 55.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, 6.46, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 38.56, 80.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.0174 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.092 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7128, 29.5107, 11.7190)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E50 #5075B3

analogous

#B35C50 #B38E50 #A6B350

triadic

#B38E50 #50B38E #8E50B3

tetradic

#B38E50 #50B35C #5075B3 #B350A6

square

#B38E50 #50B35C #5075B3 #B350A6

split-complementary

#B38E50 #50A6B3 #5C50B3

monochromatic

#5F4B29 #8A6D3C #B38E50 #C6AA7B #D8C5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#B38E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#B38E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E50

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E50	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8E4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.092 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccae82',
    500: '#b38e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e50;
$custom-light: #ccae82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.576,
    "s": 39.442,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66818,
    "c": 0.09182,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E50

secondary

#99AAC5

accent

#85CF58

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E50

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

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