#B38B25#B38B25

#B38B25 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.123 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B25
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 37)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 79.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, 5.50, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 56.55, 84.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% 0.0091 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.123 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1588, 28.1845, 5.7070)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B25 #254DB3

analogous

#B34425 #B38B25 #94B325

triadic

#B38B25 #25B38B #8B25B3

tetradic

#B38B25 #25B344 #254DB3 #B32594

square

#B38B25 #25B344 #254DB3 #B32594

split-complementary

#B38B25 #2594B3 #4425B3

monochromatic

#4E3C10 #80641B #B38B25 #D7AC3E #E2C271

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B38B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#B38B25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B25

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B25	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)

#9D8B10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.123 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac68',
    500: '#b38b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b25;
$custom-light: #ceac68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.099,
    "s": 65.741,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65769,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B25

secondary

#6B86C8

accent

#6FE93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B25

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

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