#B38933#B38933

#B38933 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.114 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38933
RGB	rgb(179, 137, 51)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, 7.23, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 50.80, 81.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.0158 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.114 82)
XYZ	xyz(28.1353, 27.7161, 6.9992)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38933 #335DB3

analogous

#B34933 #B38933 #9DB333

triadic

#B38933 #33B389 #8933B3

tetradic

#B38933 #33B349 #335DB3 #B3339D

square

#B38933 #33B349 #335DB3 #B3339D

split-complementary

#B38933 #339DB3 #4933B3

monochromatic

#544018 #836525 #B38933 #CEA755 #DCBF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B38933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#B38933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38933

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38933	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)

#9A8928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 137, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.114 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab70',
    500: '#b38933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38933;
$custom-light: #ceab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.313,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65467,
    "c": 0.11354,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.27714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38933

secondary

#7C94C6

accent

#7ADF49

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38933

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

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