#B38216#B38216

#B38216 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.126 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38216
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 22)
HSL	hsl(41, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(41, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, 10.03, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 59.77, 80.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% 0.0208 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.126 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7198, 25.6091, 4.2947)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38216 #1647B3

analogous

#B33416 #B38216 #96B316

triadic

#B38216 #16B382 #8216B3

tetradic

#B38216 #16B334 #1647B3 #B31696

square

#B38216 #16B334 #1647B3 #B31696

split-complementary

#B38216 #1696B3 #3416B3

monochromatic

#463309 #7C5A0F #B38216 #E4A722 #EBBD59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#B38216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#B38216 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38216

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38216	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A18F1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3746F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.126 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa661',
    500: '#b38216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38216;
$custom-light: #cfa661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.274,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63871,
    "c": 0.12639,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38216

secondary

#577CCE

accent

#70F533

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F05

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38216

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

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