#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
RGBrgb(179, 136, 32)
HSLhsl(42, 70%, 41%)
HSVhsv(42, 82%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(59.25, 6.98, 57.28)
CIE-LCHlch(59.25, 57.70, 83.05°)
OKLaboklab(65.13% 0.0129 0.1233)
OKLCHoklch(65.13% 0.124 84)
XYZxyz(27.6571, 27.2984, 5.1787)
Luminance0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##B388201.003.256.466.46
#FFFFFF3.251.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4621.001.001.00
##0000006.4621.001.001.00

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

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#B38820 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva