#B38C23#B38C23

#B38C23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.124 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38C23
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 35)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 80.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.30, 4.87, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.30, 57.41, 85.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.0072 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.124 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2737, 28.4632, 5.5946)
Luminance	0.2846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38C23 #234AB3

analogous

#B34423 #B38C23 #92B323

triadic

#B38C23 #23B38C #8C23B3

tetradic

#B38C23 #23B344 #234AB3 #B32392

square

#B38C23 #23B344 #234AB3 #B32392

split-complementary

#B38C23 #2392B3 #4423B3

monochromatic

#4D3C0F #806419 #B38C23 #D9AE3B #E3C36E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#B38C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#B38C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38C23

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38C23	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)

#9E8B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.124 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cead67',
    500: '#b38c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38c23;
$custom-light: #cead67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.75,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65962,
    "c": 0.12406,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38C23

secondary

#6983C9

accent

#6CEA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38C23

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

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