#B38229#B38229

#B38229 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.118 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38229
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 41)
HSL	hsl(39, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(39, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 77.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, 10.64, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 53.69, 78.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.0245 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.118 78)
XYZ	xyz(26.9751, 25.7112, 5.6394)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38229 #295AB3

analogous

#B33D29 #B38229 #9FB329

triadic

#B38229 #29B382 #8229B3

tetradic

#B38229 #29B33D #295AB3 #B3299F

square

#B38229 #29B33D #295AB3 #B3299F

split-complementary

#B38229 #299FB3 #3D29B3

monochromatic

#4F3A12 #815E1E #B38229 #D4A145 #E0BA77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B38229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#B38229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38229

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38229	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)

#95841B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.118 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea669',
    500: '#b38229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38229;
$custom-light: #cea669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.696,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63979,
    "c": 0.11791,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.25709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38229

secondary

#708FC7

accent

#7CE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38229

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

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