#B57938#B57938

#B57938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.110 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B57938
RGB	rgb(181, 121, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(31, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 17.29, 44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 47.34, 68.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.0459 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.11 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6091, 23.7864, 6.9304)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B57938 #3874B5

analogous

#B53B38 #B57938 #B3B538

triadic

#B57938 #38B579 #7938B5

tetradic

#B57938 #38B53B #3874B5 #B538B3

square

#B57938 #38B53B #3874B5 #B538B3

split-complementary

#B57938 #38B3B5 #3B38B5

monochromatic

#583B1B #865A2A #B57938 #CD975D #DBB58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#B57938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#B57938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B57938

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B57938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B57938	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56B6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b57938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 121, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.110 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09f71',
    500: '#b57938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b57938;
$custom-light: #d09f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b57938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.2,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62597,
    "c": 0.11005,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B57938

secondary

#83A3C6

accent

#91DC4C

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B57938

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

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