#B38C22#B38C22

#B38C22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.125 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38C22
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 34)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 81%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.30, 4.84, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.30, 57.74, 85.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.007 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.125 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2590, 28.4574, 5.5175)
Luminance	0.2846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38C22 #2249B3

analogous

#B34422 #B38C22 #92B322

triadic

#B38C22 #22B38C #8C22B3

tetradic

#B38C22 #22B344 #2249B3 #B32292

square

#B38C22 #22B344 #2249B3 #B32292

split-complementary

#B38C22 #2292B3 #4422B3

monochromatic

#4C3C0E #806418 #B38C22 #D9AE39 #E3C36C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#B38C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#B38C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38C22

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38C22	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)

#9E8B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.125 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cead67',
    500: '#b38c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38c22;
$custom-light: #cead67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.862,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65956,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38C22

secondary

#6882C9

accent

#6CEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38C22

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

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