#B38B27#B38B27

#B38B27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.122 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B27
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 39)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, 5.57, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 55.84, 84.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% 0.0096 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.122 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1910, 28.1974, 5.8769)
Luminance	0.2819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B27 #274FB3

analogous

#B34527 #B38B27 #95B327

triadic

#B38B27 #27B38B #8B27B3

tetradic

#B38B27 #27B345 #274FB3 #B32795

square

#B38B27 #27B345 #274FB3 #B32795

split-complementary

#B38B27 #2795B3 #4527B3

monochromatic

#4E3D11 #81641C #B38B27 #D6AB41 #E1C274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B38B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#B38B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B27

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B27	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)

#9D8B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.122 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac69',
    500: '#b38b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b27;
$custom-light: #ceac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65782,
    "c": 0.12158,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B27

secondary

#6E88C8

accent

#70E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B27

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

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