#B38C26#B38C26

#B38C26 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.123 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38C26
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 38)
HSL	hsl(43, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 78.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, 4.98, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 56.39, 84.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% 0.0078 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.123 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3201, 28.4818, 5.8393)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38C26 #264DB3

analogous

#B34526 #B38C26 #94B326

triadic

#B38C26 #26B38C #8C26B3

tetradic

#B38C26 #26B345 #264DB3 #B32694

square

#B38C26 #26B345 #264DB3 #B32694

split-complementary

#B38C26 #2694B3 #4526B3

monochromatic

#4E3D11 #81651B #B38C26 #D6AD40 #E1C272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#B38C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#B38C26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38C26

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38C26	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.123 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cead69',
    500: '#b38c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38c26;
$custom-light: #cead69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.404,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6598,
    "c": 0.12252,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38C26

secondary

#6D86C8

accent

#6EE840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38C26

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

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