#B38228#B38228

#B38228 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.118 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38228
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 40)
HSL	hsl(39, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(39, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, 10.60, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 54.06, 78.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% 0.0242 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.118 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9579, 25.7043, 5.5487)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38228 #2859B3

analogous

#B33D28 #B38228 #9EB328

triadic

#B38228 #28B382 #8228B3

tetradic

#B38228 #28B33D #2859B3 #B3289E

square

#B38228 #28B33D #2859B3 #B3289E

split-complementary

#B38228 #289EB3 #3D28B3

monochromatic

#4F3912 #815E1D #B38228 #D5A243 #E0BA75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B38228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#B38228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38228

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38228	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)

#958419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.118 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa669',
    500: '#b38228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38228;
$custom-light: #cfa669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.849,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63971,
    "c": 0.11846,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38228

secondary

#6F8EC8

accent

#7CE641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38228

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

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