#B38931#B38931

#B38931 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.115 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38931
RGB	rgb(179, 137, 49)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, 7.13, 51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 51.63, 82.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% 0.0153 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.115 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0922, 27.6988, 6.7719)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38931 #315BB3

analogous

#B34831 #B38931 #9CB331

triadic

#B38931 #31B389 #8931B3

tetradic

#B38931 #31B348 #315BB3 #B3319C

square

#B38931 #31B348 #315BB3 #B3319C

split-complementary

#B38931 #319CB3 #4831B3

monochromatic

#533F17 #836424 #B38931 #D0A752 #DDBF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B38931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#B38931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38931

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38931	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 137, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.115 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab6e',
    500: '#b38931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38931;
$custom-light: #ceab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.615,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65449,
    "c": 0.11487,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38931

secondary

#7A92C6

accent

#79E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38931

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

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