#B38E24#B38E24

#B38E24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.124 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E24
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 36)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 79.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, 3.81, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 57.47, 86.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% 0.0042 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.124 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5836, 29.0590, 5.7722)
Luminance	0.2906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E24 #2449B3

analogous

#B34724 #B38E24 #90B324

triadic

#B38E24 #24B38E #8E24B3

tetradic

#B38E24 #24B347 #2449B3 #B32490

square

#B38E24 #24B347 #2449B3 #B32490

split-complementary

#B38E24 #2490B3 #4724B3

monochromatic

#4D3D10 #80661A #B38E24 #D8B03C #E2C46F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B38E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#B38E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E24

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E24	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)

#A08D0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.124 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae68',
    500: '#b38e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e24;
$custom-light: #ceae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.476,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6638,
    "c": 0.12443,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E24

secondary

#6A83C9

accent

#6BE93E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E24

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

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