#B38D22#B38D22

#B38D22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.125 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D22
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 34)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 81%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, 4.29, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 57.93, 85.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% 0.0054 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.125 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4058, 28.7509, 5.5664)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D22 #2248B3

analogous

#B34522 #B38D22 #91B322

triadic

#B38D22 #22B38D #8D22B3

tetradic

#B38D22 #22B345 #2248B3 #B32291

square

#B38D22 #22B345 #2248B3 #B32291

split-complementary

#B38D22 #2291B3 #4522B3

monochromatic

#4C3C0E #806418 #B38D22 #D9AF39 #E3C46C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B38D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#B38D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D22

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D22	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)

#9F8C07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.125 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae67',
    500: '#b38d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d22;
$custom-light: #ceae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.276,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66162,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D22

secondary

#6881C9

accent

#6AEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D22

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

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