#B38C29#B38C29

#B38C29 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.121 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38C29
RGB	rgb(179, 140, 41)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 77.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, 5.10, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 55.31, 84.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66% 0.0084 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.121 86)
XYZ	xyz(28.3705, 28.5019, 6.1046)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38C29 #2950B3

analogous

#B34729 #B38C29 #95B329

triadic

#B38C29 #29B38C #8C29B3

tetradic

#B38C29 #29B347 #2950B3 #B32995

square

#B38C29 #29B347 #2950B3 #B32995

split-complementary

#B38C29 #2995B3 #4729B3

monochromatic

#4F3E12 #81651E #B38C29 #D4AC45 #E0C277

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B38C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#B38C29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38C29

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38C29	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	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)

#9E8B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 140, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.121 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cead6a',
    500: '#b38c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38c29;
$custom-light: #cead6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.043,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66,
    "c": 0.12088,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38C29

secondary

#7089C7

accent

#70E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38C29

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

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