#B38027#B38027

#B38027 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.119 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38027
RGB	rgb(179, 128, 39)
HSL	hsl(38, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(38, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, 11.68, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 54.19, 77.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.0272 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.119 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6777, 25.1707, 5.3725)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38027 #275AB3

analogous

#B33A27 #B38027 #A0B327

triadic

#B38027 #27B380 #8027B3

tetradic

#B38027 #27B33A #275AB3 #B327A0

square

#B38027 #27B33A #275AB3 #B327A0

split-complementary

#B38027 #27A0B3 #3A27B3

monochromatic

#4E3811 #815C1C #B38027 #D6A041 #E1B974

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#B38027 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#B38027 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38027

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38027	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38027	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)

#938218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3726F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38027;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 128, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.119 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa468',
    500: '#b38027',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38027;
$custom-light: #cfa468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38027",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.143,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63567,
    "c": 0.1187,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38027

secondary

#6E8FC8

accent

#7DE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38027

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

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