#B38927#B38927

#B38927 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.121 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38927
RGB	rgb(179, 137, 39)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, 6.68, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 55.49, 83.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% 0.0128 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.121 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9041, 27.6235, 5.7813)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38927 #2751B3

analogous

#B34327 #B38927 #97B327

triadic

#B38927 #27B389 #8927B3

tetradic

#B38927 #27B343 #2751B3 #B32797

square

#B38927 #27B343 #2751B3 #B32797

split-complementary

#B38927 #2797B3 #4327B3

monochromatic

#4E3C11 #81631C #B38927 #D6A941 #E1C074

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B38927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#B38927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38927

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38927	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)

#9B8915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 137, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.121 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab69',
    500: '#b38927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38927;
$custom-light: #ceab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65374,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38927

secondary

#6E89C8

accent

#73E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38927

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

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