#B38230#B38230

#B38230 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.114 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38230
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 48)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 73.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, 10.96, 49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 50.93, 77.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% 0.0263 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.114 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1084, 25.7645, 6.3410)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38230 #3061B3

analogous

#B34030 #B38230 #A3B330

triadic

#B38230 #30B382 #8230B3

tetradic

#B38230 #30B340 #3061B3 #B330A3

square

#B38230 #30B340 #3061B3 #B330A3

split-complementary

#B38230 #30A3B3 #4030B3

monochromatic

#523C16 #835F23 #B38230 #D0A050 #DDBA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#B38230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#B38230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38230

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38230	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.114 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea66d',
    500: '#b38230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38230;
$custom-light: #cea66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.557,
    "s": 57.709,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64035,
    "c": 0.11377,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38230

secondary

#7996C6

accent

#80E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38230

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

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