#B38923#B38923

#B38923 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.123 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38923
RGB	rgb(179, 137, 35)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 80.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, 6.53, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 56.88, 83.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% 0.0119 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.123 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8413, 27.5984, 5.4504)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38923 #234DB3

analogous

#B34123 #B38923 #95B323

triadic

#B38923 #23B389 #8923B3

tetradic

#B38923 #23B341 #234DB3 #B32395

square

#B38923 #23B341 #234DB3 #B32395

split-complementary

#B38923 #2395B3 #4123B3

monochromatic

#4D3B0F #806219 #B38923 #D9AB3B #E3C16E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B38923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#B38923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38923

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38923	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)

#9B890D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 137, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.123 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab67',
    500: '#b38923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38923;
$custom-light: #ceab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65349,
    "c": 0.12291,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38923

secondary

#6985C9

accent

#70EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38923

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

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