#B38920#B38920

#B38920 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.124 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38920
RGB	rgb(179, 137, 32)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, 6.42, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 57.86, 83.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% 0.0113 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.124 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7986, 27.5814, 5.2258)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38920 #204AB3

analogous

#B34020 #B38920 #94B320

triadic

#B38920 #20B389 #8920B3

tetradic

#B38920 #20B340 #204AB3 #B32094

square

#B38920 #20B340 #204AB3 #B32094

split-complementary

#B38920 #2094B3 #4020B3

monochromatic

#4B3A0D #7F6117 #B38920 #DBAC35 #E4C169

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B38920 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#B38920 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38920

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38920	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38920	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8905

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38920;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 137, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.124 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfab66',
    500: '#b38920',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38920;
$custom-light: #cfab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38920",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65331,
    "c": 0.12433,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38920

secondary

#6582CA

accent

#6EEC3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38920

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

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