#B38E63#B38E63

#B38E63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.074 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E63
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 99)
HSL	hsl(32, 34%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(32, 45%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 44.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, 8.28, 28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 29.39, 73.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% 0.0249 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.074 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5167, 29.8322, 15.9528)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E63 #6388B3

analogous

#B36663 #B38E63 #B0B363

triadic

#B38E63 #63B38E #8E63B3

tetradic

#B38E63 #63B366 #6388B3 #B363B0

square

#B38E63 #63B366 #6388B3 #B363B0

split-complementary

#B38E63 #63B0B3 #6663B3

monochromatic

#695033 #926F47 #B38E63 #C7AC8C #DBCAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#B38E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#B38E63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E63

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E63	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8F60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.074 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaf90',
    500: '#b38e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e63;
$custom-light: #cbaf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.25,
    "s": 34.483,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67128,
    "c": 0.07368,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E63

secondary

#A8B8CA

accent

#90CB5D

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4F0

border

#D2CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#827F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E63

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

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