#B38522#B38522

#B38522 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.122 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38522
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 34)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 81%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, 8.71, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 56.60, 81.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% 0.0181 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.122 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2685, 26.4764, 5.1873)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38522 #2250B3

analogous

#B33D22 #B38522 #98B322

triadic

#B38522 #22B385 #8522B3

tetradic

#B38522 #22B33D #2250B3 #B32298

square

#B38522 #22B33D #2250B3 #B32298

split-complementary

#B38522 #2298B3 #3D22B3

monochromatic

#4C390E #805F18 #B38522 #D9A639 #E3BD6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#B38522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#B38522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38522

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38522	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)

#98860C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.122 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa866',
    500: '#b38522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38522;
$custom-light: #cfa866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.966,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64533,
    "c": 0.12218,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38522

secondary

#6887C9

accent

#74EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38522

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

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