#B79538#B79538

#B79538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.117 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79538
RGB	rgb(183, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, 2.68, 51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 52.00, 87.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% 0.003 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.117 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9914, 31.8496, 8.2559)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79538 #385AB7

analogous

#B75638 #B79538 #9AB738

triadic

#B79538 #38B795 #9538B7

tetradic

#B79538 #38B756 #385AB7 #B7389A

square

#B79538 #38B756 #385AB7 #B7389A

split-complementary

#B79538 #389AB7 #5638B7

monochromatic

#59491B #886F2A #B79538 #CEB05E #DCC78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B79538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#B79538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79538

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79538	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.117 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b374',
    500: '#b79538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79538;
$custom-light: #d0b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.937,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68396,
    "c": 0.11674,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79538

secondary

#8496C7

accent

#72DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79538

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

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