#B38822#B38822

#B38822 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.123 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B38822
RGBrgb(179, 136, 34)
HSLhsl(42, 68%, 42%)
HSVhsv(42, 81%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24%, 81%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(59.26, 7.05, 56.61)
CIE-LCHlch(59.26, 57.05, 82.91°)
OKLaboklab(65.14% 0.0133 0.1223)
OKLCHoklch(65.14% 0.123 83.8)
XYZxyz(27.6852, 27.3096, 5.3262)
Luminance0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B38822 #224DB3
analogous
#B34022 #B38822 #96B322
triadic
#B38822 #22B388 #8822B3
tetradic
#B38822 #22B340 #224DB3 #B32296
square
#B38822 #22B340 #224DB3 #B32296
split-complementary
#B38822 #2296B3 #4022B3
monochromatic
#4C3A0E #806118 #B38822 #D9AA39 #E3C06C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25
#B38822 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46
#B38822 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38822
6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B38822#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B388221.003.256.466.46
#FFFFFF3.251.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4621.001.001.00
##0000006.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9A880B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A59327
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C37A75
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b38822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.123 83.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfaa66',
    500: '#b38822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b38822;
$custom-light: #cfaa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b38822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.207,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65139,
    "c": 0.12306,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B38822
secondary
#6885C9
accent
#70EB3D
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FAF4EB
border
#D3CEC6
text
#151006
muted
#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38822

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#B38822 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva