#B38E26#B38E26

#B38E26 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.123 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E26
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 38)
HSL	hsl(44, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(44, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 78.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, 3.88, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 56.78, 86.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% 0.0046 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.123 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6150, 29.0716, 5.9376)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E26 #264BB3

analogous

#B34726 #B38E26 #92B326

triadic

#B38E26 #26B38E #8E26B3

tetradic

#B38E26 #26B347 #264BB3 #B32692

square

#B38E26 #26B347 #264BB3 #B32692

split-complementary

#B38E26 #2692B3 #4726B3

monochromatic

#4E3E11 #81661B #B38E26 #D6AF40 #E1C472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B38E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#B38E26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E26

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E26	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)

#A08D11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.123 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae69',
    500: '#b38e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e26;
$custom-light: #ceae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.255,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66392,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E26

secondary

#6D85C8

accent

#6CE840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E26

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

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