#B38922#B38922

#B38922 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.123 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38922
RGB	rgb(179, 137, 34)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 81%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, 6.49, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 57.21, 83.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% 0.0117 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.123 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8266, 27.5926, 5.3734)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38922 #224CB3

analogous

#B34122 #B38922 #95B322

triadic

#B38922 #22B389 #8922B3

tetradic

#B38922 #22B341 #224CB3 #B32295

square

#B38922 #22B341 #224CB3 #B32295

split-complementary

#B38922 #2295B3 #4122B3

monochromatic

#4C3A0E #806218 #B38922 #D9AB39 #E3C16C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B38922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#B38922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38922

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38922	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)

#9B890A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 137, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.123 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfab67',
    500: '#b38922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38922;
$custom-light: #cfab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.621,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65343,
    "c": 0.12339,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38922

secondary

#6884C9

accent

#6FEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38922

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

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