#B38E27#B38E27

#B38E27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.123 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E27
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(44, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(44, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, 3.92, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 56.43, 86.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.0048 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.123 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6314, 29.0781, 6.0237)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E27 #274CB3

analogous

#B34827 #B38E27 #92B327

triadic

#B38E27 #27B38E #8E27B3

tetradic

#B38E27 #27B348 #274CB3 #B32792

square

#B38E27 #27B348 #274CB3 #B32792

split-complementary

#B38E27 #2792B3 #4827B3

monochromatic

#4E3E11 #81661C #B38E27 #D6AF41 #E1C474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B38E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#B38E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E27

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E27	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.123 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae6a',
    500: '#b38e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e27;
$custom-light: #ceae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.143,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66399,
    "c": 0.12286,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E27

secondary

#6E86C8

accent

#6DE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E27

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

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