#B38519#B38519

#B38519 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.126 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38519
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 25)
HSL	hsl(42, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 86%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 86%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, 8.43, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 59.34, 81.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% 0.0164 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.126 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1553, 26.4311, 4.5910)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38519 #1947B3

analogous

#B33819 #B38519 #94B319

triadic

#B38519 #19B385 #8519B3

tetradic

#B38519 #19B338 #1947B3 #B31994

square

#B38519 #19B338 #1947B3 #B31994

split-complementary

#B38519 #1994B3 #3819B3

monochromatic

#48350A #7D5D12 #B38519 #E1AA28 #E8BF5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#B38519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#B38519 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38519

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38519	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.126 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa862',
    500: '#b38519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38519;
$custom-light: #cfa862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.078,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64486,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38519

secondary

#5B7DCC

accent

#6EF236

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38519

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

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