#B38528#B38528

#B38528 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.119 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38528
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 40)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, 8.93, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 54.48, 80.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% 0.0194 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.119 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3628, 26.5141, 5.6837)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38528 #2856B3

analogous

#B34028 #B38528 #9BB328

triadic

#B38528 #28B385 #8528B3

tetradic

#B38528 #28B340 #2856B3 #B3289B

square

#B38528 #28B340 #2856B3 #B3289B

split-complementary

#B38528 #289BB3 #4028B3

monochromatic

#4F3B12 #81601D #B38528 #D5A543 #E0BD75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B38528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#B38528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38528

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38528	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)

#978618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.119 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea869',
    500: '#b38528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38528;
$custom-light: #cea869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.144,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64572,
    "c": 0.1191,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38528

secondary

#6F8CC8

accent

#78E641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38528

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

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