#B38028#B38028

#B38028 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.118 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38028
RGB	rgb(179, 128, 40)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(38, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, 11.72, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 53.82, 77.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% 0.0275 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.118 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6945, 25.1775, 5.4609)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38028 #285BB3

analogous

#B33B28 #B38028 #A0B328

triadic

#B38028 #28B380 #8028B3

tetradic

#B38028 #28B33B #285BB3 #B328A0

square

#B38028 #28B33B #285BB3 #B328A0

split-complementary

#B38028 #28A0B3 #3B28B3

monochromatic

#4F3812 #815C1D #B38028 #D5A043 #E0B975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#B38028 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#B38028 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38028

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38028	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38028	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)

#93821A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3726F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38028;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 128, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.118 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa469',
    500: '#b38028',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38028;
$custom-light: #cfa469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38028",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.986,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63575,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38028

secondary

#6F90C8

accent

#7EE641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38028

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

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