#B38929#B38929

#B38929 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.120 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38929
RGB	rgb(179, 137, 41)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 77.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, 6.76, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 54.75, 82.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% 0.0132 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.12 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9381, 27.6372, 5.9604)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38929 #2953B3

analogous

#B34429 #B38929 #98B329

triadic

#B38929 #29B389 #8929B3

tetradic

#B38929 #29B344 #2953B3 #B32998

square

#B38929 #29B344 #2953B3 #B32998

split-complementary

#B38929 #2998B3 #4429B3

monochromatic

#4F3D12 #81631E #B38929 #D4A945 #E0C077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B38929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#B38929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38929

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38929	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)

#9B8919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 137, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.120 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab6a',
    500: '#b38929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38929;
$custom-light: #ceab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65388,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38929

secondary

#708BC7

accent

#74E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38929

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

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