#B38D27#B38D27

#B38D27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.122 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D27
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 39)
HSL	hsl(44, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(44, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, 4.47, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 56.23, 85.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% 0.0064 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.122 87)
XYZ	xyz(28.4833, 28.7819, 5.9743)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D27 #274DB3

analogous

#B34727 #B38D27 #93B327

triadic

#B38D27 #27B38D #8D27B3

tetradic

#B38D27 #27B347 #274DB3 #B32793

square

#B38D27 #27B347 #274DB3 #B32793

split-complementary

#B38D27 #2793B3 #4727B3

monochromatic

#4E3E11 #81651C #B38D27 #D6AD41 #E1C374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B38D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#B38D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D27

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D27	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.122 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae69',
    500: '#b38d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d27;
$custom-light: #ceae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.714,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66192,
    "c": 0.12241,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.2878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D27

secondary

#6E86C8

accent

#6EE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D27

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

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