#B38E23#B38E23

#B38E23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.125 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E23
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 80.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, 3.77, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 57.80, 86.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% 0.004 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.125 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5686, 29.0530, 5.6929)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E23 #2348B3

analogous

#B34623 #B38E23 #90B323

triadic

#B38E23 #23B38E #8E23B3

tetradic

#B38E23 #23B346 #2348B3 #B32390

square

#B38E23 #23B346 #2348B3 #B32390

split-complementary

#B38E23 #2390B3 #4623B3

monochromatic

#4D3D0F #806519 #B38E23 #D9B03B #E3C56E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B38E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#B38E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E23

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E23	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)

#A08D0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.125 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae68',
    500: '#b38e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e23;
$custom-light: #ceae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.583,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66374,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E23

secondary

#6982C9

accent

#6AEA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E23

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

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