#B38019#B38019

#B38019 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.125 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38019
RGB	rgb(179, 128, 25)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(40, 86%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 86%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, 11.21, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 58.76, 79.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.0244 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.125 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4870, 25.0945, 4.3682)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38019 #194CB3

analogous

#B33319 #B38019 #99B319

triadic

#B38019 #19B380 #8019B3

tetradic

#B38019 #19B333 #194CB3 #B31999

square

#B38019 #19B333 #194CB3 #B31999

split-complementary

#B38019 #1999B3 #3319B3

monochromatic

#48330A #7D5A12 #B38019 #E1A428 #E8BB5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#B38019 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#B38019 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38019

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38019	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38019	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)

#938200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3726D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38019;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 128, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.125 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa461',
    500: '#b38019',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38019;
$custom-light: #cfa461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38019",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.13,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63486,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38019

secondary

#5B81CC

accent

#74F236

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F05

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38019

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

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