#B38819#B38819

#B38819 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.127 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38819
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 25)
HSL	hsl(43, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 86%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 86%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, 6.77, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 59.77, 83.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% 0.0117 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.127 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5719, 27.2643, 4.7299)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38819 #1944B3

analogous

#B33B19 #B38819 #91B319

triadic

#B38819 #19B388 #8819B3

tetradic

#B38819 #19B33B #1944B3 #B31991

square

#B38819 #19B33B #1944B3 #B31991

split-complementary

#B38819 #1991B3 #3B19B3

monochromatic

#48360A #7D5F12 #B38819 #E1AD28 #E8C25E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B38819 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#B38819 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38819

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38819	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38819	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38819;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.127 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfaa63',
    500: '#b38819',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38819;
$custom-light: #cfaa63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38819",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.247,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65093,
    "c": 0.1269,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38819

secondary

#5B7BCC

accent

#6AF236

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38819

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

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