#B38017#B38017

#B38017 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.126 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38017
RGB	rgb(179, 128, 23)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(40, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, 11.16, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 59.31, 79.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% 0.0241 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.126 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4662, 25.0861, 4.2587)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38017 #174AB3

analogous

#B33217 #B38017 #98B317

triadic

#B38017 #17B380 #8017B3

tetradic

#B38017 #17B332 #174AB3 #B31798

square

#B38017 #17B332 #174AB3 #B31798

split-complementary

#B38017 #1798B3 #3217B3

monochromatic

#473209 #7D5910 #B38017 #E3A524 #EABB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#B38017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#B38017 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38017

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38017	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08E1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3726D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 128, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.126 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa461',
    500: '#b38017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38017;
$custom-light: #cfa461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.385,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63477,
    "c": 0.1257,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38017

secondary

#587FCD

accent

#73F434

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F05

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38017

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

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