#B38217#B38217

#B38217 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.126 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38217
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 23)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(41, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, 10.05, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 59.52, 80.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% 0.0209 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.126 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7296, 25.6130, 4.3465)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38217 #1748B3

analogous

#B33417 #B38217 #96B317

triadic

#B38217 #17B382 #8217B3

tetradic

#B38217 #17B334 #1748B3 #B31796

square

#B38217 #17B334 #1748B3 #B31796

split-complementary

#B38217 #1796B3 #3417B3

monochromatic

#473309 #7D5B10 #B38217 #E3A724 #EABD5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#B38217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#B38217 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38217

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38217	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)

#A1901D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3746F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.126 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa661',
    500: '#b38217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38217;
$custom-light: #cfa661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.154,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63875,
    "c": 0.12604,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38217

secondary

#587DCD

accent

#70F434

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F05

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38217

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

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