#B38E62#B38E62

#B38E62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.075 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E62
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 98)
HSL	hsl(33, 35%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(33, 45%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 45.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, 8.18, 28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 29.87, 74.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.0245 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.075 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4691, 29.8132, 15.7026)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E62 #6287B3

analogous

#B36662 #B38E62 #AFB362

triadic

#B38E62 #62B38E #8E62B3

tetradic

#B38E62 #62B366 #6287B3 #B362AF

square

#B38E62 #62B366 #6287B3 #B362AF

split-complementary

#B38E62 #62AFB3 #6662B3

monochromatic

#685032 #916F46 #B38E62 #C7AC8B #DBC9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#B38E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#B38E62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E62

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E62	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8F5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.075 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaf8f',
    500: '#b38e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e62;
$custom-light: #cbaf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.593,
    "s": 34.764,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6711,
    "c": 0.07464,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E62

secondary

#A7B7CA

accent

#8FCB5D

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4F0

border

#D2CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#827F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E62

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