#B38721#B38721

#B38721 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.123 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38721
RGB	rgb(179, 135, 33)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, 7.56, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 57.22, 82.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% 0.0147 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.123 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5308, 27.0235, 5.2046)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38721 #214DB3

analogous

#B33E21 #B38721 #96B321

triadic

#B38721 #21B387 #8721B3

tetradic

#B38721 #21B33E #214DB3 #B32196

square

#B38721 #21B33E #214DB3 #B32196

split-complementary

#B38721 #2196B3 #3E21B3

monochromatic

#4C390E #7F6017 #B38721 #DAA937 #E4BF6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#B38721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#B38721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38721

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38721	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)

#998709

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 135, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.123 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa966',
    500: '#b38721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38721;
$custom-light: #cfa966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.918,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64931,
    "c": 0.12322,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38721

secondary

#6684CA

accent

#71EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38721

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

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