#B38316#B38316

#B38316 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.127 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38316
RGB	rgb(179, 131, 22)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(42, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, 9.47, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 59.89, 80.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% 0.0192 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.127 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8535, 25.8764, 4.3392)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38316 #1646B3

analogous

#B33516 #B38316 #95B316

triadic

#B38316 #16B383 #8316B3

tetradic

#B38316 #16B335 #1646B3 #B31695

square

#B38316 #16B335 #1646B3 #B31695

split-complementary

#B38316 #1695B3 #3516B3

monochromatic

#463309 #7C5B0F #B38316 #E4A922 #EBBE59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#B38316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#B38316 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38316

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38316	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2901D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 131, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.127 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa661',
    500: '#b38316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38316;
$custom-light: #cfa661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.656,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64071,
    "c": 0.12659,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38316

secondary

#577BCE

accent

#6EF533

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F05

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38316

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

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