#B38B22#B38B22

#B38B22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.124 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B22
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 81%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, 5.39, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 57.56, 84.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% 0.0085 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.124 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1136, 28.1664, 5.4690)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B22 #224AB3

analogous

#B34222 #B38B22 #93B322

triadic

#B38B22 #22B38B #8B22B3

tetradic

#B38B22 #22B342 #224AB3 #B32293

square

#B38B22 #22B342 #224AB3 #B32293

split-complementary

#B38B22 #2293B3 #4222B3

monochromatic

#4C3B0E #806318 #B38B22 #D9AD39 #E3C26C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B38B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#B38B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B22

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B22	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)

#9D8B09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.124 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac67',
    500: '#b38b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b22;
$custom-light: #ceac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65751,
    "c": 0.12414,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B22

secondary

#6882C9

accent

#6DEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B22

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

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