#B38516#B38516

#B38516 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.127 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38516
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 22)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(42, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, 8.36, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 60.13, 82.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.016 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.127 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1247, 26.4188, 4.4296)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38516 #1644B3

analogous

#B33616 #B38516 #93B316

triadic

#B38516 #16B385 #8516B3

tetradic

#B38516 #16B336 #1644B3 #B31693

square

#B38516 #16B336 #1644B3 #B31693

split-complementary

#B38516 #1693B3 #3616B3

monochromatic

#463409 #7C5D0F #B38516 #E4AB22 #EBC059

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#B38516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#B38516 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38516

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38516	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3911D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.127 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa861',
    500: '#b38516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38516;
$custom-light: #cfa861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.42,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64473,
    "c": 0.12707,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38516

secondary

#577ACE

accent

#6CF533

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F05

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38516

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

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