#B38B1C#B38B1C

#B38B1C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.127 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B1C
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 28)
HSL	hsl(44, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 84.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, 5.20, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 59.41, 84.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.0074 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.127 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0345, 28.1348, 5.0524)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B1C #1C44B3

analogous

#B33F1C #B38B1C #8FB31C

triadic

#B38B1C #1CB38B #8B1CB3

tetradic

#B38B1C #1CB33F #1C44B3 #B31C8F

square

#B38B1C #1CB33F #1C44B3 #B31C8F

split-complementary

#B38B1C #1C8FB3 #3F1CB3

monochromatic

#49390B #7E6214 #B38B1C #DEB02E #E7C463

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B38B1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#B38B1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B1C

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B1C	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79523

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.127 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfac64',
    500: '#b38b1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b1c;
$custom-light: #cfac64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.106,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6572,
    "c": 0.12681,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B1C

secondary

#5F7CCB

accent

#69F038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B1C

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

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