#B38C1C#B38C1C

#B38C1C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.127 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38C1C
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 28)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 84.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, 4.65, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 59.59, 85.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% 0.0059 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.127 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1799, 28.4257, 5.1009)
Luminance	0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38C1C #1C43B3

analogous

#B3401C #B38C1C #8FB31C

triadic

#B38C1C #1CB38C #8C1CB3

tetradic

#B38C1C #1CB340 #1C43B3 #B31C8F

square

#B38C1C #1CB340 #1C43B3 #B31C8F

split-complementary

#B38C1C #1C8FB3 #401CB3

monochromatic

#49390B #7E6314 #B38C1C #DEB12E #E7C563

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#B38C1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#B38C1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38C1C

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38C1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38C1C	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38c1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.127 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfad64',
    500: '#b38c1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38c1c;
$custom-light: #cfad64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38c1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.503,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65925,
    "c": 0.12721,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38C1C

secondary

#5F7BCB

accent

#68F038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38C1C

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

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