#B38D24#B38D24

#B38D24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.124 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D24
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 36)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 79.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.57, 4.36, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.57, 57.27, 85.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% 0.0058 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.124 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4355, 28.7628, 5.7228)
Luminance	0.2876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D24 #244AB3

analogous

#B34624 #B38D24 #92B324

triadic

#B38D24 #24B38D #8D24B3

tetradic

#B38D24 #24B346 #244AB3 #B32492

square

#B38D24 #24B346 #244AB3 #B32492

split-complementary

#B38D24 #2492B3 #4624B3

monochromatic

#4D3D10 #80651A #B38D24 #D8AF3C #E2C46F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B38D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#B38D24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D24

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D24	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)

#9F8C0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.124 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae68',
    500: '#b38d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d24;
$custom-light: #ceae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.056,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66174,
    "c": 0.12398,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D24

secondary

#6A83C9

accent

#6CE93E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D24

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

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