#B38B28#B38B28

#B38B28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.121 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B28
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 40)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, 5.61, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 55.48, 84.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% 0.0098 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.121 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2078, 28.2041, 5.9653)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B28 #2850B3

analogous

#B34628 #B38B28 #95B328

triadic

#B38B28 #28B38B #8B28B3

tetradic

#B38B28 #28B346 #2850B3 #B32895

square

#B38B28 #28B346 #2850B3 #B32895

split-complementary

#B38B28 #2895B3 #4628B3

monochromatic

#4F3D12 #81641D #B38B28 #D5AB43 #E0C175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B38B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#B38B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B28

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B28	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)

#9D8B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.121 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac6a',
    500: '#b38b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b28;
$custom-light: #ceac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.734,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65789,
    "c": 0.12104,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B28

secondary

#6F89C8

accent

#71E641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B28

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

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