#B38E28#B38E28

#B38E28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.122 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38E28
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(44, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(44, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 3.96, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 56.07, 85.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% 0.0051 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.122 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6482, 29.0848, 6.1121)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38E28 #284DB3

analogous

#B34928 #B38E28 #92B328

triadic

#B38E28 #28B38E #8E28B3

tetradic

#B38E28 #28B349 #284DB3 #B32892

square

#B38E28 #28B349 #284DB3 #B32892

split-complementary

#B38E28 #2892B3 #4928B3

monochromatic

#4F3F12 #81661D #B38E28 #D5AE43 #E0C475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B38E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#B38E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38E28

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38E28	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)

#9F8D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.122 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae6a',
    500: '#b38e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38e28;
$custom-light: #ceae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.029,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66405,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38E28

secondary

#6F87C8

accent

#6DE641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38E28

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

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