#B28221#B28221

#B28221 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.122 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28221
RGB	rgb(178, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(40, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, 9.89, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 56.31, 79.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.0214 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.122 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6191, 25.5422, 4.9667)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28221 #2151B2

analogous

#B23A21 #B28221 #9AB221

triadic

#B28221 #21B282 #8221B2

tetradic

#B28221 #21B23A #2151B2 #B2219A

square

#B28221 #21B23A #2151B2 #B2219A

split-complementary

#B28221 #219AB2 #3A21B2

monochromatic

#4B370E #7E5C17 #B28221 #DAA436 #E3BB6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#B28221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#B28221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28221

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28221	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95830C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.122 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea665',
    500: '#b28221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28221;
$custom-light: #cea665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.138,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63811,
    "c": 0.12151,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28221

secondary

#6687C9

accent

#76EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28221

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

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