#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
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 33)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, 7.01, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 57.38, 82.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.0131 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.124 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6709, 27.3039, 5.2513)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##B38821	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)

#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

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

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