#B38E53#B38E53

#B38E53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.089 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E53
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 83)
HSL	hsl(37, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 53.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, 6.72, 36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 37.11, 79.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% 0.0185 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.089 78)
XYZ	xyz(29.8261, 29.5560, 12.3158)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E53 #5378B3

analogous

#B35E53 #B38E53 #A8B353

triadic

#B38E53 #53B38E #8E53B3

tetradic

#B38E53 #53B35E #5378B3 #B353A8

square

#B38E53 #53B35E #5378B3 #B353A8

split-complementary

#B38E53 #53A8B3 #5E53B3

monochromatic

#614C2B #8B6D3E #B38E53 #C6AA7D #D9C6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#B38E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#B38E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E53

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E53	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)

#9D8F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.089 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccae84',
    500: '#b38e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e53;
$custom-light: #ccae84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.875,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66862,
    "c": 0.08902,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.29554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E53

secondary

#9CACC6

accent

#86CF59

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E53

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

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