#B38824#B38824

#B38824 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.122 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38824
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 36)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 79.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, 7.12, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 56.37, 82.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% 0.0137 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.122 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7148, 27.3215, 5.4826)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38824 #244FB3

analogous

#B34024 #B38824 #97B324

triadic

#B38824 #24B388 #8824B3

tetradic

#B38824 #24B340 #244FB3 #B32497

square

#B38824 #24B340 #244FB3 #B32497

split-complementary

#B38824 #2497B3 #4024B3

monochromatic

#4D3B10 #80611A #B38824 #D8A93C #E2C06F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B38824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#B38824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38824

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38824	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)

#9A880F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.122 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaa67',
    500: '#b38824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38824;
$custom-light: #ceaa67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.958,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65151,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38824

secondary

#6A87C9

accent

#72E93E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38824

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

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