#B38D28#B38D28

#B38D28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.122 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38D28
RGB	rgb(179, 141, 40)
HSL	hsl(44, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(44, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, 4.51, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 55.87, 85.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.2% 0.0066 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(66.2% 0.122 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5001, 28.7886, 6.0627)
Luminance	0.2879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38D28 #284EB3

analogous

#B34728 #B38D28 #93B328

triadic

#B38D28 #28B38D #8D28B3

tetradic

#B38D28 #28B347 #284EB3 #B32893

square

#B38D28 #28B347 #284EB3 #B32893

split-complementary

#B38D28 #2893B3 #4728B3

monochromatic

#4F3E12 #81661D #B38D28 #D5AD43 #E0C375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B38D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#B38D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38D28

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38D28	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)

#9F8C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 141, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.122 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae6a',
    500: '#b38d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38d28;
$custom-light: #ceae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.597,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66199,
    "c": 0.12186,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38D28

secondary

#6F87C8

accent

#6EE641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38D28

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

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