#B38D23#B38D23

#B38D23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.124 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D23
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 35)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 80.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.57, 4.32, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.57, 57.60, 85.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% 0.0056 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.124 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4205, 28.7568, 5.6435)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D23 #2349B3

analogous

#B34523 #B38D23 #91B323

triadic

#B38D23 #23B38D #8D23B3

tetradic

#B38D23 #23B345 #2349B3 #B32391

square

#B38D23 #23B345 #2349B3 #B32391

split-complementary

#B38D23 #2391B3 #4523B3

monochromatic

#4D3C0F #806519 #B38D23 #D9AF3B #E3C46E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B38D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#B38D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D23

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D23	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)

#9F8C0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.124 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae67',
    500: '#b38d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d23;
$custom-light: #ceae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.167,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66168,
    "c": 0.12448,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D23

secondary

#6982C9

accent

#6BEA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D23

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

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