#B38B29#B38B29

#B38B29 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.120 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38B29
RGB	rgb(179, 139, 41)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 77.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, 5.66, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 55.12, 84.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.01 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.12 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2250, 28.2110, 6.0561)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38B29 #2951B3

analogous

#B34629 #B38B29 #96B329

triadic

#B38B29 #29B38B #8B29B3

tetradic

#B38B29 #29B346 #2951B3 #B32996

square

#B38B29 #29B346 #2951B3 #B32996

split-complementary

#B38B29 #2996B3 #4629B3

monochromatic

#4F3E12 #81641E #B38B29 #D4AB45 #E0C177

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B38B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#B38B29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38B29

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38B29	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)

#9D8B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 139, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.120 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac6a',
    500: '#b38b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38b29;
$custom-light: #ceac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.609,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65796,
    "c": 0.12048,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38B29

secondary

#708AC7

accent

#71E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38B29

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

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