#B38C25#B38C25

#B38C25 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.123 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38C25
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 37)
HSL	hsl(44, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 79.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, 4.95, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 56.74, 85.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% 0.0076 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.123 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3042, 28.4754, 5.7554)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38C25 #254CB3

analogous

#B34525 #B38C25 #93B325

triadic

#B38C25 #25B38C #8C25B3

tetradic

#B38C25 #25B345 #254CB3 #B32593

square

#B38C25 #25B345 #254CB3 #B32593

split-complementary

#B38C25 #2593B3 #4525B3

monochromatic

#4E3D10 #80641B #B38C25 #D7AD3E #E2C371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#B38C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#B38C25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38C25

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38C25	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)

#9E8B10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.123 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cead68',
    500: '#b38c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38c25;
$custom-light: #cead68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.521,
    "s": 65.741,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65974,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38C25

secondary

#6B85C8

accent

#6EE93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38C25

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

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