#B38820#B38820

#B38820 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.124 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38820
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 32)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, 6.98, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 57.70, 83.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.0129 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.124 84)
XYZ	xyz(27.6571, 27.2984, 5.1787)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38820 #204BB3

analogous

#B33F20 #B38820 #95B320

triadic

#B38820 #20B388 #8820B3

tetradic

#B38820 #20B33F #204BB3 #B32095

square

#B38820 #20B33F #204BB3 #B32095

split-complementary

#B38820 #2095B3 #3F20B3

monochromatic

#4B390D #7F6117 #B38820 #DBAA35 #E4C069

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B38820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#B38820 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38820

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38820	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8805

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.124 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfaa65',
    500: '#b38820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38820;
$custom-light: #cfaa65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.449,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65128,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.27296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38820

secondary

#6582CA

accent

#6FEC3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38820

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

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