#B38529#B38529

#B38529 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.119 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38529
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 41)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(40, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 77.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, 8.98, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 54.11, 80.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% 0.0196 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.119 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3800, 26.5210, 5.7744)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38529 #2957B3

analogous

#B34029 #B38529 #9CB329

triadic

#B38529 #29B385 #8529B3

tetradic

#B38529 #29B340 #2957B3 #B3299C

square

#B38529 #29B340 #2957B3 #B3299C

split-complementary

#B38529 #299CB3 #4029B3

monochromatic

#4F3B12 #81601E #B38529 #D4A545 #E0BD77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B38529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#B38529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38529

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38529	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)

#97861A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.119 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea86a',
    500: '#b38529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38529;
$custom-light: #cea86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64579,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38529

secondary

#708DC7

accent

#79E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38529

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

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