#B06500Ginger (#B06500) is a mid-tone, saturated orange with an OKLCH hue of 62°, lightness 0.58 and chroma 0.133. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #B06500 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(176, 101, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(34, 100%, 35%) |
| HSV | hsv(34, 100%, 69%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 43%, 100%, 31%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(50.1 24.5 58) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.579 0.133 62) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Ginger shifts subtly: leans toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#b26100 — ΔE 1.0, shifts subtly: leans toward red#b46500 — ΔE 0.7, shifts subtly: leans toward red#b06500 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#b06602 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Ginger in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 4.46:1 and against black 4.71:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffc38e · #dc9859 · #b06500 · #8b4e00 · #5c3200 · #321800
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#b39d4d · #b28228 · #b06500 · #a04e21 · #8c3b2f · #752b36
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#b5c155 · #979d6e · #b06500 · #884d00 · #623500 · #282c00
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#ffd9b8 · #48a8eb · #b06500 · #6b5644 · #58330c · #311c07
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e8f4fe · #a19285 · #b06500 · #596168 · #332417 · #000103
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e9f3fc · #c1cdd6 · #95a2ad · #1c2d3a · #000b18 · #b06500
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d1dab5 · #36bddb · #b06500 · #8b544f · #26345b · #071311
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#bfe1c8 · #7a8bcf · #b06500 · #546289 · #335561 · #110f07
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d6fbf4 · #32aa9a · #b06500 · #6f4a9d · #331254 · #000201
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#dffae5 · #5ea875 · #b06500 · #00669d · #45073f · #000511
#BF7C3A · #CE935D · #DDAA7D · #ECC19C · #FAD9BC
#925300 · #754100 · #593000 · #3F2000 · #271100
#A66B31 · #9B7049 · #8F745D
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.