#B38428#B38428

#B38428 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.119 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38428
RGB	rgb(179, 132, 40)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, 9.49, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 54.33, 79.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% 0.021 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.119 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2265, 26.2416, 5.6382)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38428 #2857B3

analogous

#B33E28 #B38428 #9CB328

triadic

#B38428 #28B384 #8428B3

tetradic

#B38428 #28B33E #2857B3 #B3289C

square

#B38428 #28B33E #2857B3 #B3289C

split-complementary

#B38428 #289CB3 #3E28B3

monochromatic

#4F3A12 #815F1D #B38428 #D5A443 #E0BC75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#B38428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#B38428 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38428

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38428	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 132, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.119 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea769',
    500: '#b38428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38428;
$custom-light: #cea769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.712,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64371,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38428

secondary

#6F8DC8

accent

#79E641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38428

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

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