#B38827#B38827

#B38827 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.121 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38827
RGB	rgb(179, 136, 39)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, 7.23, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 55.32, 82.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.0144 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.121 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7626, 27.3406, 5.7341)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38827 #2752B3

analogous

#B34227 #B38827 #98B327

triadic

#B38827 #27B388 #8827B3

tetradic

#B38827 #27B342 #2752B3 #B32798

square

#B38827 #27B342 #2752B3 #B32798

split-complementary

#B38827 #2798B3 #4227B3

monochromatic

#4E3C11 #81621C #B38827 #D6A841 #E1BF74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B38827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#B38827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38827

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38827	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)

#9A8815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 136, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.121 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaa69',
    500: '#b38827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38827;
$custom-light: #ceaa69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.571,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65171,
    "c": 0.12051,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38827

secondary

#6E8AC8

accent

#74E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38827

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →