#B38618#B38618

#B38618 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.127 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38618
RGB	rgb(179, 134, 24)
HSL	hsl(43, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 86.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, 7.85, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 59.75, 82.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% 0.0147 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.127 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2823, 26.7020, 4.5811)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38618 #1845B3

analogous

#B33918 #B38618 #92B318

triadic

#B38618 #18B386 #8618B3

tetradic

#B38618 #18B339 #1845B3 #B31892

square

#B38618 #18B339 #1845B3 #B31892

split-complementary

#B38618 #1892B3 #3918B3

monochromatic

#47350A #7D5E11 #B38618 #E2AB26 #E9C05C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#B38618 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#B38618 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38618

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38618	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38618	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3921F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38618;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 134, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.127 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa862',
    500: '#b38618',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38618;
$custom-light: #cfa862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38618",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 76.355,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64683,
    "c": 0.12664,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38618

secondary

#5A7BCD

accent

#6CF335

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38618

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

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