#B38E20#B38E20

#B38E20 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.126 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E20
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 32)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, 3.67, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 58.76, 86.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% 0.0034 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.126 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5259, 29.0359, 5.4683)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E20 #2045B3

analogous

#B34520 #B38E20 #8FB320

triadic

#B38E20 #20B38E #8E20B3

tetradic

#B38E20 #20B345 #2045B3 #B3208F

square

#B38E20 #20B345 #2045B3 #B3208F

split-complementary

#B38E20 #208FB3 #4520B3

monochromatic

#4B3C0D #7F6517 #B38E20 #DBB135 #E4C569

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#B38E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#B38E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E20

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E20	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.126 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae66',
    500: '#b38e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e20;
$custom-light: #ceae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.898,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66357,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E20

secondary

#657ECA

accent

#68EC3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E20

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

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