#B38023#B38023

#B38023 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.121 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B38023
RGBrgb(179, 128, 35)
HSLhsl(39, 67%, 42%)
HSVhsv(39, 80%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 28.5%, 80.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(57.22, 11.52, 54.42)
CIE-LCHlch(57.22, 55.63, 78.04°)
OKLaboklab(63.54% 0.0263 0.1178)
OKLCHoklch(63.54% 0.121 77.4)
XYZxyz(26.6149, 25.1456, 5.0416)
Luminance0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B38023 #2356B3
analogous
#B33823 #B38023 #9EB323
triadic
#B38023 #23B380 #8023B3
tetradic
#B38023 #23B338 #2356B3 #B3239E
square
#B38023 #23B338 #2356B3 #B3239E
split-complementary
#B38023 #239EB3 #3823B3
monochromatic
#4D370F #805B19 #B38023 #D9A13B #E3B96E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48
#B38023 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03
#B38023 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38023
6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B38023#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B380231.003.486.036.03
#FFFFFF3.481.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0321.001.001.00
##0000006.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#938211
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F8E27
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C3726E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b38023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 128, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.121 77.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa466',
    500: '#b38023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b38023;
$custom-light: #cfa466;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b38023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.75,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63541,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B38023
secondary
#698BC9
accent
#7BEA3E
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FAF4EB
border
#D3CEC6
text
#150F06
muted
#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38023

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#B38023 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva