#B38224#B38224

#B38224 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.121 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38224
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 36)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(39, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 79.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, 10.45, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 55.51, 79.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% 0.0233 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.121 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8934, 25.6785, 5.2088)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38224 #2455B3

analogous

#B33B24 #B38224 #9CB324

triadic

#B38224 #24B382 #8224B3

tetradic

#B38224 #24B33B #2455B3 #B3249C

square

#B38224 #24B33B #2455B3 #B3249C

split-complementary

#B38224 #249CB3 #3B24B3

monochromatic

#4D3810 #805D1A #B38224 #D8A33C #E2BB6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B38224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#B38224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38224

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38224	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958412

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.121 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa667',
    500: '#b38224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38224;
$custom-light: #cfa667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.441,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63944,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38224

secondary

#6A8BC9

accent

#79E93E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38224

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

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