#B87538#B87538

#B87538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.114 H 60.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B87538
RGB	rgb(184, 117, 56)
HSL	hsl(29, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 20.81, 43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 48.25, 64.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.0561 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.114 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8443, 23.2010, 6.8051)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B87538 #387BB8

analogous

#B8383B #B87538 #B8B538

triadic

#B87538 #38B875 #7538B8

tetradic

#B87538 #3BB838 #387BB8 #B538B8

square

#B87538 #3BB838 #387BB8 #B538B8

split-complementary

#B87538 #38B8B5 #383BB8

monochromatic

#5A391B #89572A #B87538 #CE945F #DDB38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#B87538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#B87538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B87538

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B87538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B87538	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b87538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 117, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.114 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29d71',
    500: '#b87538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b87538;
$custom-light: #d29d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b87538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.594,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62216,
    "c": 0.11359,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B87538

secondary

#85A7C7

accent

#97DD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B87538

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

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