#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
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 81%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, 7.05, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 57.05, 82.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% 0.0133 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.123 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6852, 27.3096, 5.3262)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##B38822	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)

#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

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

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