#B38E52#B38E52

#B38E52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.090 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E52
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 82)
HSL	hsl(37, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 54.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, 6.63, 37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 37.60, 79.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% 0.0182 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.09 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7878, 29.5407, 12.1140)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E52 #5277B3

analogous

#B35D52 #B38E52 #A7B352

triadic

#B38E52 #52B38E #8E52B3

tetradic

#B38E52 #52B35D #5277B3 #B352A7

square

#B38E52 #52B35D #5277B3 #B352A7

split-complementary

#B38E52 #52A7B3 #5D52B3

monochromatic

#604C2A #8B6D3D #B38E52 #C6AA7D #D8C6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#B38E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#B38E52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E52

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E52	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.090 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccae84',
    500: '#b38e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e52;
$custom-light: #ccae84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.113,
    "s": 38.956,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66847,
    "c": 0.08996,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E52

secondary

#9BABC6

accent

#86CF59

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E52

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

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