#B38B20#B38B20

#B38B20 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.125 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B20
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 32)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, 5.32, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 58.20, 84.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.0081 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.125 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0856, 28.1552, 5.3215)
Luminance	0.2815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B20 #2048B3

analogous

#B34120 #B38B20 #92B320

triadic

#B38B20 #20B38B #8B20B3

tetradic

#B38B20 #20B341 #2048B3 #B32092

square

#B38B20 #20B341 #2048B3 #B32092

split-complementary

#B38B20 #2092B3 #4120B3

monochromatic

#4B3A0D #7F6317 #B38B20 #DBAE35 #E4C369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B38B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#B38B20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B20

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B20	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)

#9D8A03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.125 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfac66',
    500: '#b38b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b20;
$custom-light: #cfac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.673,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6574,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B20

secondary

#6580CA

accent

#6CEC3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B20

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

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