#B38417#B38417

#B38417 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.126 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38417
RGB	rgb(179, 132, 23)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, 8.94, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 59.75, 81.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% 0.0177 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.126 82)
XYZ	xyz(26.9983, 26.1503, 4.4360)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38417 #1746B3

analogous

#B33617 #B38417 #94B317

triadic

#B38417 #17B384 #8417B3

tetradic

#B38417 #17B336 #1746B3 #B31794

square

#B38417 #17B336 #1746B3 #B31794

split-complementary

#B38417 #1794B3 #3617B3

monochromatic

#473409 #7D5C10 #B38417 #E3A924 #EABF5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#B38417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#B38417 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38417

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38417	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)

#A2911E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 132, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.126 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa761',
    500: '#b38417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38417;
$custom-light: #cfa761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.923,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64276,
    "c": 0.12648,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.26148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38417

secondary

#587CCD

accent

#6EF434

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F05

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38417

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

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