#B38117#B38117

#B38117 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.126 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38117
RGB	rgb(179, 129, 23)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(41, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, 10.61, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 59.41, 79.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.0225 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.126 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5973, 25.3483, 4.3024)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38117 #1749B3

analogous

#B33317 #B38117 #97B317

triadic

#B38117 #17B381 #8117B3

tetradic

#B38117 #17B333 #1749B3 #B31797

square

#B38117 #17B333 #1749B3 #B31797

split-complementary

#B38117 #1797B3 #3317B3

monochromatic

#473309 #7D5A10 #B38117 #E3A624 #EABC5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#B38117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#B38117 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38117

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38117	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 129, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.126 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa561',
    500: '#b38117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38117;
$custom-light: #cfa561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.769,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63676,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38117

secondary

#587ECD

accent

#71F434

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F05

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38117

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

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