#B38D21#B38D21

#B38D21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.125 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D21
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 33)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, 4.25, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 58.25, 85.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% 0.0052 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.125 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3916, 28.7452, 5.4916)
Luminance	0.2874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D21 #2147B3

analogous

#B34421 #B38D21 #90B321

triadic

#B38D21 #21B38D #8D21B3

tetradic

#B38D21 #21B344 #2147B3 #B32190

square

#B38D21 #21B344 #2147B3 #B32190

split-complementary

#B38D21 #2190B3 #4421B3

monochromatic

#4C3C0E #7F6417 #B38D21 #DAB037 #E4C46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B38D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#B38D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D21

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D21	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.125 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae67',
    500: '#b38d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d21;
$custom-light: #ceae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.384,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66157,
    "c": 0.12545,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D21

secondary

#6680CA

accent

#6AEC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D21

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

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