#B38720#B38720

#B38720 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.124 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38720
RGB	rgb(179, 135, 32)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, 7.53, 57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 57.55, 82.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% 0.0145 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.124 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5170, 27.0180, 5.1319)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38720 #204CB3

analogous

#B33E20 #B38720 #96B320

triadic

#B38720 #20B387 #8720B3

tetradic

#B38720 #20B33E #204CB3 #B32096

square

#B38720 #20B33E #204CB3 #B32096

split-complementary

#B38720 #2096B3 #3E20B3

monochromatic

#4B390D #7F6017 #B38720 #DBA935 #E4BF69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#B38720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#B38720 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38720

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38720	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998706

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 135, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.124 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa965',
    500: '#b38720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38720;
$custom-light: #cfa965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.041,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64925,
    "c": 0.12368,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38720

secondary

#6583CA

accent

#70EC3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38720

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

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