#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
RGBrgb(179, 136, 36)
HSLhsl(42, 67%, 42%)
HSVhsv(42, 80%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24%, 79.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(59.27, 7.12, 55.92)
CIE-LCHlch(59.27, 56.37, 82.75°)
OKLaboklab(65.15% 0.0137 0.1213)
OKLCHoklch(65.15% 0.122 83.6)
XYZxyz(27.7148, 27.3215, 5.4826)
Luminance0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##B388241.003.256.466.46
#FFFFFF3.251.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4621.001.001.00
##0000006.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#B38824 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva