#B38928#B38928

#B38928 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.120 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38928
RGB	rgb(179, 137, 40)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, 6.72, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 55.12, 83.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.013 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.12 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9209, 27.6303, 5.8697)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38928 #2852B3

analogous

#B34428 #B38928 #97B328

triadic

#B38928 #28B389 #8928B3

tetradic

#B38928 #28B344 #2852B3 #B32897

square

#B38928 #28B344 #2852B3 #B32897

split-complementary

#B38928 #2897B3 #4428B3

monochromatic

#4F3C12 #81631D #B38928 #D5A943 #E0C075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B38928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#B38928 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38928

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38928	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 137, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.120 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab69',
    500: '#b38928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38928;
$custom-light: #ceab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.871,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65381,
    "c": 0.12029,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38928

secondary

#6F8AC8

accent

#73E641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38928

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

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