#B28021#B28021

#B28021 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.121 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28021
RGB	rgb(178, 128, 33)
HSL	hsl(39, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(39, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 11.00, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 56.07, 78.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% 0.0246 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.121 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3557, 25.0153, 4.8789)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28021 #2153B2

analogous

#B23821 #B28021 #9CB221

triadic

#B28021 #21B280 #8021B2

tetradic

#B28021 #21B238 #2153B2 #B2219C

square

#B28021 #21B238 #2153B2 #B2219C

split-complementary

#B28021 #219CB2 #3821B2

monochromatic

#4B360E #7E5B17 #B28021 #DAA136 #E3BA6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#B28021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#B28021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28021

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28021	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93820D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 128, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.121 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea465',
    500: '#b28021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28021;
$custom-light: #cea465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.31,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63412,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28021

secondary

#6688C9

accent

#79EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28021

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

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