#B38317#B38317

#B38317 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.126 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38317
RGB	rgb(179, 131, 23)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, 9.49, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 59.63, 80.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% 0.0193 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.126 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8633, 25.8803, 4.3910)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38317 #1747B3

analogous

#B33517 #B38317 #95B317

triadic

#B38317 #17B383 #8317B3

tetradic

#B38317 #17B335 #1747B3 #B31795

square

#B38317 #17B335 #1747B3 #B31795

split-complementary

#B38317 #1795B3 #3517B3

monochromatic

#473409 #7D5B10 #B38317 #E3A824 #EABE5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#B38317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#B38317 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38317

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38317	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2901E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 131, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.126 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa661',
    500: '#b38317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38317;
$custom-light: #cfa661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64075,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38317

secondary

#587CCD

accent

#6FF434

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F05

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38317

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

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