#B38826#B38826

#B38826 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.121 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38826
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 38)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 78.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 7.19, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 55.67, 82.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.0141 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.121 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7462, 27.3340, 5.6480)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38826 #2651B3

analogous

#B34126 #B38826 #98B326

triadic

#B38826 #26B388 #8826B3

tetradic

#B38826 #26B341 #2651B3 #B32698

square

#B38826 #26B341 #2651B3 #B32698

split-complementary

#B38826 #2698B3 #4126B3

monochromatic

#4E3B11 #81621B #B38826 #D6A840 #E1BF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B38826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#B38826 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38826

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38826	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.121 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaa68',
    500: '#b38826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38826;
$custom-light: #ceaa68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.702,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65164,
    "c": 0.12104,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38826

secondary

#6D89C8

accent

#73E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38826

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

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