#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
RGB	rgb(179, 128, 35)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(39, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 80.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, 11.52, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 55.63, 78.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% 0.0263 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.121 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6149, 25.1456, 5.0416)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##B38023	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)

#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

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

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