#B38416#B38416

#B38416 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.127 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38416
RGB	rgb(179, 132, 22)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(42, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, 8.91, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 60.01, 81.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% 0.0176 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.127 82)
XYZ	xyz(26.9884, 26.1463, 4.3842)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38416 #1645B3

analogous

#B33616 #B38416 #94B316

triadic

#B38416 #16B384 #8416B3

tetradic

#B38416 #16B336 #1645B3 #B31694

square

#B38416 #16B336 #1645B3 #B31694

split-complementary

#B38416 #1694B3 #3616B3

monochromatic

#463409 #7C5C0F #B38416 #E4AA22 #EBBF59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#B38416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#B38416 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38416

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38416	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2911D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 132, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.127 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa761',
    500: '#b38416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38416;
$custom-light: #cfa761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.038,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64272,
    "c": 0.12681,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.26144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38416

secondary

#577BCE

accent

#6DF533

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F05

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38416

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

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