#B28038#B28038

#B28038 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.108 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28038
RGB	rgb(178, 128, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, 12.07, 45.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 47.04, 75.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.0307 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.108 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7948, 25.1910, 7.1917)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28038 #386AB2

analogous

#B24338 #B28038 #A7B238

triadic

#B28038 #38B280 #8038B2

tetradic

#B28038 #38B243 #386AB2 #B238A7

square

#B28038 #38B243 #386AB2 #B238A7

split-complementary

#B28038 #38A7B2 #4338B2

monochromatic

#553D1B #835F29 #B28038 #CC9E5C #DAB98A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#B28038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#B28038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28038

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28038	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 128, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.108 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda472',
    500: '#b28038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28038;
$custom-light: #cda472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.41,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.636,
    "c": 0.10761,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28038

secondary

#819DC5

accent

#87DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28038

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

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