#B28227#B28227

#B28227 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.118 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28227
RGB	rgb(178, 130, 39)
HSL	hsl(39, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(39, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, 10.11, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 54.20, 79.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% 0.0227 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.119 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7108, 25.5789, 5.4495)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28227 #2757B2

analogous

#B23D27 #B28227 #9CB227

triadic

#B28227 #27B282 #8227B2

tetradic

#B28227 #27B23D #2757B2 #B2279C

square

#B28227 #27B23D #2757B2 #B2279C

split-complementary

#B28227 #279CB2 #3D27B2

monochromatic

#4E3911 #805D1C #B28227 #D5A241 #E0BB73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#B28227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#B28227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28227

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28227	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 130, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.118 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea668',
    500: '#b28227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28227;
$custom-light: #cea668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.281,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6385,
    "c": 0.1185,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28227

secondary

#6D8CC8

accent

#7AE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28227

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

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