#B38B24#B38B24

#B38B24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.123 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B24
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 36)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 79.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, 5.46, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 56.89, 84.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.0089 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.123 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1433, 28.1783, 5.6254)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B24 #244CB3

analogous

#B34424 #B38B24 #94B324

triadic

#B38B24 #24B38B #8B24B3

tetradic

#B38B24 #24B344 #244CB3 #B32494

square

#B38B24 #24B344 #244CB3 #B32494

split-complementary

#B38B24 #2494B3 #4424B3

monochromatic

#4D3C10 #80631A #B38B24 #D8AC3C #E2C26F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B38B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#B38B24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B24

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B24	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.123 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac68',
    500: '#b38b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b24;
$custom-light: #ceac68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.217,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65763,
    "c": 0.12315,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B24

secondary

#6A85C9

accent

#6EE93E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B24

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

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