#B38C20#B38C20

#B38C20 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.125 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38C20
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 32)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, 4.77, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 58.38, 85.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% 0.0066 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.125 87)
XYZ	xyz(28.2310, 28.4462, 5.3700)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38C20 #2047B3

analogous

#B34320 #B38C20 #91B320

triadic

#B38C20 #20B38C #8C20B3

tetradic

#B38C20 #20B343 #2047B3 #B32091

square

#B38C20 #20B343 #2047B3 #B32091

split-complementary

#B38C20 #2091B3 #4320B3

monochromatic

#4B3B0D #7F6317 #B38C20 #DBAF35 #E4C469

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#B38C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#B38C20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38C20

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38C20	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.125 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cead66',
    500: '#b38c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38c20;
$custom-light: #cead66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.082,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65945,
    "c": 0.12548,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.28444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38C20

secondary

#6580CA

accent

#6AEC3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38C20

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

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