#B38531#B38531

#B38531 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.114 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38531
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 49)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, 9.35, 50.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 50.95, 79.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.0217 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.114 79)
XYZ	xyz(27.5341, 26.5826, 6.5859)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38531 #315FB3

analogous

#B34431 #B38531 #A0B331

triadic

#B38531 #31B385 #8531B3

tetradic

#B38531 #31B344 #315FB3 #B331A0

square

#B38531 #31B344 #315FB3 #B331A0

split-complementary

#B38531 #31A0B3 #4431B3

monochromatic

#533E17 #836124 #B38531 #D0A352 #DDBD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#B38531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#B38531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38531

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38531	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.114 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea86e',
    500: '#b38531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38531;
$custom-light: #cea86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.769,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64642,
    "c": 0.11372,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.26581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38531

secondary

#7A95C6

accent

#7EE048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38531

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

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