#B38621#B38621

#B38621 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.123 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38621
RGB	rgb(179, 134, 33)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, 8.12, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 57.07, 81.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% 0.0163 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.123 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3919, 26.7458, 5.1583)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38621 #214EB3

analogous

#B33D21 #B38621 #97B321

triadic

#B38621 #21B386 #8621B3

tetradic

#B38621 #21B33D #214EB3 #B32197

square

#B38621 #21B33D #214EB3 #B32197

split-complementary

#B38621 #2197B3 #3D21B3

monochromatic

#4C390E #7F5F17 #B38621 #DAA837 #E4BE6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#B38621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#B38621 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38621

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38621	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998709

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 134, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.123 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa866',
    500: '#b38621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38621;
$custom-light: #cfa866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.507,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64728,
    "c": 0.12293,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38621

secondary

#6685CA

accent

#72EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38621

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

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