#B38518#B38518

#B38518 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.126 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38518
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 24)
HSL	hsl(42, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 86.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, 8.41, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 59.61, 81.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% 0.0163 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.126 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1447, 26.4269, 4.5352)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38518 #1846B3

analogous

#B33818 #B38518 #93B318

triadic

#B38518 #18B385 #8518B3

tetradic

#B38518 #18B338 #1846B3 #B31893

square

#B38518 #18B338 #1846B3 #B31893

split-complementary

#B38518 #1893B3 #3818B3

monochromatic

#47350A #7D5D11 #B38518 #E2AA26 #E9BF5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#B38518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#B38518 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38518

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38518	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)

#A3911F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.126 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa862',
    500: '#b38518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38518;
$custom-light: #cfa862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.194,
    "s": 76.355,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64481,
    "c": 0.12637,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38518

secondary

#5A7CCD

accent

#6DF335

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38518

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

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