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#b67f21

a dark, vivid orange · warm · closest name: Dark Goldenrod

Token name suggestion: Shadow Marmalade

RGB
182, 127, 33
HSL
38°, 69%, 42%
CMYK
0, 30, 82, 29
Luminance
0.2523

#b67f21 is a dark vivid orange, 38° on the wheel and 7/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (6.05:1). As text it scores 3.47:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Dark Goldenrod, nearest Tailwind family is amber.

hsl(38 69% 42%)rgb(182 127 33)Base step 700AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #b67f21 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#b67f21
Hue
38°
orange
Saturation
69%
vivid
Lightness
42%
dark
Brightness
71%
HSV value
Perceived
55%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2523
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
7/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
6.05:1
Closest name
Dark Goldenrod
ΔE2000 4
Chroma
56.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.637
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
amber
500 · ΔE 13.7
Web-safe
#CC6633
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue38° of 360°
Saturation69%
Lightness42%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #b67f21.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool7% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red39%
Green60%
Blue0%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#b67f21
HEX (8-digit)#b67f21ff
RGBrgb(182, 127, 33)
RGBArgba(182, 127, 33, 1)
HSLhsl(38, 69%, 42%)
HSV / HSBhsv(38, 82%, 71%)
HWBhwb(38 13% 29%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 30%, 82%, 29%)
LABlab(57.3 13.3 55.4)
LCHlch(57.3 56.9 76.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.637 0.123 75.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(27.16, 25.24, 4.88)
Decimal11960097
Display P3color(display-p3 0.714 0.498 0.129)
Web-safe#CC6633

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #b67f21;
background-color: #b67f21;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #b67f21;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#b67f21] bg-[#b67f21]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #b67f21;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.714, green: 0.498, blue: 0.129)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.714, green: 0.498, blue: 0.129, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#B67F21</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFB67F21)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFB67F21)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(33, 127, 182)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(182, 127, 33)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(182, 127, 33)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 182, 127, 33)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7137f, 0.4980f, 0.1294f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{182,127,33}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #b67f21 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #b67f21 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#6C4B14, #EEE4D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #b67f21 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FBF8F3;
  --brand-100: #F8F2E7;
  --brand-200: #F2E3CA;
  --brand-300: #EED1A0;
  --brand-400: #E5BA71;
  --brand-500: #DDA341;
  --brand-600: #CF9126;
  --brand-700: #b67f21;
  --brand-800: #8A6019;
  --brand-900: #644716;
  --brand-950: #3F2D0E;
  --brand: #b67f21;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF8F4;
  --brand-border: #EDDCC0;
  --brand-hover: #986A1C;
  --brand-pressed: #7A5516;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241E14;
    --brand-ink: #EEE4D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF8F3',
        100: '#F8F2E7',
        200: '#F2E3CA',
        300: '#EED1A0',
        400: '#E5BA71',
        500: '#DDA341',
        600: '#CF9126',
        700: '#b67f21',
        800: '#8A6019',
        900: '#644716',
        950: '#3F2D0E',
        DEFAULT: '#b67f21',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF8F3,
  '100': #F8F2E7,
  '200': #F2E3CA,
  '300': #EED1A0,
  '400': #E5BA71,
  '500': #DDA341,
  '600': #CF9126,
  '700': #b67f21,
  '800': #8A6019,
  '900': #644716,
  '950': #3F2D0E,
);
$brand-base: #b67f21;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF8F3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F8F2E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F2E3CA", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#EED1A0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#E5BA71", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#DDA341", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#CF9126", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#b67f21", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#8A6019", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#644716", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3F2D0E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #b67f21 · 6.05:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.47:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 6.05:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #b67f21 as text scores 3.47:1 on white and 6.05:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #6C4B14 at 2.28:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#9C6D1C · 4.55:1
AA on white−6% L
#9C6D1C
The quick fox
#755215 · 7.06:1
AAA on white−15% L
#755215
The quick fox
#b67f21 · 6.05:1
AA on blackalready passes
#b67f21
The quick fox
#C78B24 · 7.15:1
AAA on black+4% L
#C78B24

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #B67F21 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#b67f21 on white: 3.47:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#b67f21 on black: 6.05:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #b67f21 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #b67f21.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.47:1AaAa
Slate 503.32:1AaAa
Slate 1003.17:1AaAa
Slate 2002.82:1AaAa
Slate 3002.34:1AaAa
Slate 4001.35:1AaAa
Slate 5001.37:1AaAa
Slate 6002.18:1AaAa
Slate 7002.98:1AaAa
Slate 8004.21:1AaAa
Slate 9005.14:1AaAa
Black6.05:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #93820D
deuteranopia · #A08F25
tritanopia · #C7706D

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #b67f21 is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FBF8F3
#F8F2E7
#F2E3CA
#EED1A0
#E5BA71
#DDA341
#CF9126
#b67f21
#8A6019
#644716
#3F2D0E
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #FBF8F3Darkest = 950 · #3F2D0EText step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.031 75.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.049 75.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.074 75.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.096 75.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.113 75.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.123 75.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.123 75.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.116 75.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.103 75.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.086 75.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.068 75.3);
}

Colors that work with #b67f21

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF8F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDDCC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B7D4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#1D7EBA
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#6C4B14
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FBF5E9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241E14
Dark-mode background
Hover#986A1C
One step down in lightness
Pressed#7A5516
Two steps down
Disabled#B8A990
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D38E18
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #b67f21

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #6C4B14
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

friendlyenergeticaffordablesocial

Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Hard to make feel premium, and it collides with the "caution" band in status systems.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight58/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#2158B6
Analogous left#B63521
Analogous right#A3B621
Split-complement 1#21A3B6
Split-complement 2#3521B6
Triadic 1#21B67F
Triadic 2#7F21B6
Tetradic#21B635
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°38°

#b67f21 sits at 38°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red71.4%
Green49.8%
Blue12.9%
R · 0–255
182
0xb6
G · 0–255
127
0x7f
B · 0–255
33
0x21

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta30.2%
Yellow81.9%
Key (black)28.6%

Total ink coverage is 141%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#b67f21 text on a black background

contrast 6.05:1

Card sample

#b67f21 text on a white background

contrast 3.47:1

Card sample

#b67f21 on grey

3.17:1

#b67f21 on its own surface

3.27:1

#b67f21 on its dark surface

4.76:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #b67f21;
Background color
Panel with #b67f21 background
background-color: #b67f21;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #b67f21;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(182, 127, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(182, 127, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #b67f21;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b67f21, #8AB621);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b67f21, #64B621);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #b67f21;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #b67f21;
caret-color: #b67f21;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #b67f21;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FBF5E9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #b67f21;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#b67f21 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #b67f21 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(182, 127, 33, 0.5)
rgb(182 127 33 / 50%)
#b67f2180
hsl(38 69% 42% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #b67f21 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#b67f211a#F8F2E9
20%#b67f2133#F0E5D3
40%#b67f2166#E2CCA6
60%#b67f2199#D3B27A
80%#b67f21cc#C5994D

Gradients from #b67f21

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #DBA039, #b67f21 45%, #6C4B14);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #b67f21, #6B9C1C);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b67f21, #2158B6);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E0AC53 0%, #b67f21 45%, #6C4B14 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF8F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #DA3931 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #ABD026 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #6C4B14 0%, transparent 65%), #b67f21;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #b67f21

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#b67f21 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
E-commerceFood deliveryLogisticsCreator tools
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 6.05:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#b67f21, answered

What color is #b67f21?

#b67f21 is a dark vivid orange, closest to Dark Goldenrod (ΔE2000 4). It sits at 38° on the hue wheel with 69% saturation and 42% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #b67f21?

rgb(182, 127, 33) — 182 red, 127 green and 33 blue out of 255, or 71.4% / 49.8% / 12.9% by channel.

What is #b67f21 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(38, 69%, 42%) and hsv(38, 82%, 71%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #b67f21 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2523 and perceived brightness is 55%, so black text on it reaches 6.05:1.

Should I use black or white text on #b67f21?

Black. It scores 6.05:1 against #b67f21, versus 3.47:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #b67f21 accessible on a white background?

#b67f21 on white scores 3.47:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #9C6D1C to reach 4.5:1, or #755215 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #b67f21?

#2158B6 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #21A3B6 and #3521B6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #b67f21?

For interface work: #FAF8F4 as the surface, #EDDCC0 for borders, #9B7D4B for secondary text, #1D7EBA as an accent and #6C4B14 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #B63521 and #A3B621 stays calm, while #2158B6 is the loudest partner.

What is #b67f21 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 30%, 82%, 29%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #b67f21 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 7 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #B66C21; nudged cooler, #B8B81F.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #b67f21?

The amber family — its 500 step is #f59e0b, ΔE2000 13.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #b67f21 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #b67f21 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#b67f21] or text-[#b67f21], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #b67f21 with 50% opacity?

rgba(182, 127, 33, 0.5), or #b67f2180 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DBBF90; over black, #5B4011.

Is #b67f21 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC6633, ΔE2000 16.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #b67f21 mean?

As a orange, it reads friendly, energetic, affordable. Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #b67f21?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #DBA039, #b67f21 45%, #6C4B14). For more colour, a short hue run to #6B9C1C keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #b67f21 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #b67f21 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.