#B38525#B38525

#B38525 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.121 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38525
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 37)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 79.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, 8.82, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 55.56, 80.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.0187 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.121 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3137, 26.4945, 5.4253)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38525 #2553B3

analogous

#B33E25 #B38525 #9AB325

triadic

#B38525 #25B385 #8525B3

tetradic

#B38525 #25B33E #2553B3 #B3259A

square

#B38525 #25B33E #2553B3 #B3259A

split-complementary

#B38525 #259AB3 #3E25B3

monochromatic

#4E3A10 #805F1B #B38525 #D7A63E #E2BD71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B38525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#B38525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38525

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38525	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988613

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.121 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa867',
    500: '#b38525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38525;
$custom-light: #cfa867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.563,
    "s": 65.741,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64551,
    "c": 0.1207,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38525

secondary

#6B8AC8

accent

#76E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38525

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

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