#B38022#B38022

#B38022 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.121 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38022
RGB	rgb(179, 128, 34)
HSL	hsl(39, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(39, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 81%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, 11.49, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 55.97, 78.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.0261 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.121 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6002, 25.1398, 4.9646)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38022 #2255B3

analogous

#B33822 #B38022 #9DB322

triadic

#B38022 #22B380 #8022B3

tetradic

#B38022 #22B338 #2255B3 #B3229D

square

#B38022 #22B338 #2255B3 #B3229D

split-complementary

#B38022 #229DB3 #3822B3

monochromatic

#4C360E #805B18 #B38022 #D9A139 #E3B96C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#B38022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#B38022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38022

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38022	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93820F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 128, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.121 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa465',
    500: '#b38022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38022;
$custom-light: #cfa465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.897,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63534,
    "c": 0.1212,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38022

secondary

#688AC9

accent

#7AEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38022

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

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