#B38533#B38533

#B38533 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.112 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38533
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 51)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, 9.45, 49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 50.12, 79.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% 0.0223 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.112 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5773, 26.5999, 6.8132)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38533 #3361B3

analogous

#B34533 #B38533 #A1B333

triadic

#B38533 #33B385 #8533B3

tetradic

#B38533 #33B345 #3361B3 #B333A1

square

#B38533 #33B345 #3361B3 #B333A1

split-complementary

#B38533 #33A1B3 #4533B3

monochromatic

#543E18 #836225 #B38533 #CEA355 #DCBD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#B38533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#B38533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38533

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38533	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)

#978629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.112 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea86f',
    500: '#b38533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38533;
$custom-light: #cea86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.438,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6466,
    "c": 0.11241,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38533

secondary

#7C97C6

accent

#7FDF49

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38533

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

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