#B38429#B38429

#B38429 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.118 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38429
RGB	rgb(179, 132, 41)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(40, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 77.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, 9.53, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 53.96, 79.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% 0.0212 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.118 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2438, 26.2485, 5.7290)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38429 #2958B3

analogous

#B33F29 #B38429 #9DB329

triadic

#B38429 #29B384 #8429B3

tetradic

#B38429 #29B33F #2958B3 #B3299D

square

#B38429 #29B33F #2958B3 #B3299D

split-complementary

#B38429 #299DB3 #3F29B3

monochromatic

#4F3B12 #815F1E #B38429 #D4A345 #E0BC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#B38429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#B38429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38429

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38429	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)

#96851A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 132, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.118 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea769',
    500: '#b38429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38429;
$custom-light: #cea769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.565,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64378,
    "c": 0.11831,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38429

secondary

#708EC7

accent

#7AE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38429

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

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