#B38821#B38821

#B38821 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.124 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B38821
RGBrgb(179, 136, 33)
HSLhsl(42, 69%, 42%)
HSVhsv(42, 82%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(59.25, 7.01, 56.95)
CIE-LCHlch(59.25, 57.38, 82.98°)
OKLaboklab(65.13% 0.0131 0.1228)
OKLCHoklch(65.13% 0.124 83.9)
XYZxyz(27.6709, 27.3039, 5.2513)
Luminance0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B38821 #214CB3
analogous
#B33F21 #B38821 #95B321
triadic
#B38821 #21B388 #8821B3
tetradic
#B38821 #21B33F #214CB3 #B32195
square
#B38821 #21B33F #214CB3 #B32195
split-complementary
#B38821 #2195B3 #3F21B3
monochromatic
#4C390E #7F6117 #B38821 #DAAA37 #E4C06B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25
#B38821 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46
#B38821 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38821
6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B38821#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B388211.003.256.466.46
#FFFFFF3.251.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4621.001.001.00
##0000006.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9A8808
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A59327
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C37A75
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b38821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.124 83.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfaa66',
    500: '#b38821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b38821;
$custom-light: #cfaa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b38821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.329,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65133,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B38821
secondary
#6683CA
accent
#70EC3C
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FAF4EB
border
#D3CEC6
text
#151006
muted
#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38821

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#B38821 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva