#B28228#B28228

#B28228 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.118 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28228
RGB	rgb(178, 130, 40)
HSL	hsl(39, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(39, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 77.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, 10.15, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 53.83, 79.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.023 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.118 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7276, 25.5856, 5.5379)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28228 #2858B2

analogous

#B23D28 #B28228 #9DB228

triadic

#B28228 #28B282 #8228B2

tetradic

#B28228 #28B23D #2858B2 #B2289D

square

#B28228 #28B23D #2858B2 #B2289D

split-complementary

#B28228 #289DB2 #3D28B2

monochromatic

#4E3912 #805E1D #B28228 #D5A243 #E0BB75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#B28228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#B28228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28228

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28228	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)

#958319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 130, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.118 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea669',
    500: '#b28228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28228;
$custom-light: #cea669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63857,
    "c": 0.11796,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28228

secondary

#6F8DC7

accent

#7BE641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28228

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

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