#B38C27#B38C27

#B38C27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.122 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38C27
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 39)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, 5.02, 55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 56.03, 84.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% 0.008 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.122 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3365, 28.4883, 5.9254)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38C27 #274EB3

analogous

#B34627 #B38C27 #94B327

triadic

#B38C27 #27B38C #8C27B3

tetradic

#B38C27 #27B346 #274EB3 #B32794

square

#B38C27 #27B346 #274EB3 #B32794

split-complementary

#B38C27 #2794B3 #4627B3

monochromatic

#4E3D11 #81651C #B38C27 #D6AC41 #E1C274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#B38C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#B38C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38C27

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38C27	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)

#9E8B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.122 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cead69',
    500: '#b38c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38c27;
$custom-light: #cead69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.286,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65987,
    "c": 0.12198,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38C27

secondary

#6E87C8

accent

#6FE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38C27

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

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