#B38E22#B38E22

#B38E22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.125 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E22
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 81%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, 3.74, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 58.13, 86.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% 0.0038 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.125 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5539, 29.0472, 5.6158)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E22 #2247B3

analogous

#B34622 #B38E22 #90B322

triadic

#B38E22 #22B38E #8E22B3

tetradic

#B38E22 #22B346 #2247B3 #B32290

square

#B38E22 #22B346 #2247B3 #B32290

split-complementary

#B38E22 #2290B3 #4622B3

monochromatic

#4C3C0E #806518 #B38E22 #D9B039 #E3C56C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B38E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#B38E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E22

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E22	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	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)

#A08D07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.125 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae67',
    500: '#b38e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e22;
$custom-light: #ceae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.69,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66368,
    "c": 0.12542,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E22

secondary

#6880C9

accent

#69EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E22

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

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