#B28231#B28231

#B28231 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.113 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28231
RGB	rgb(178, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, 10.57, 49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 50.28, 77.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% 0.0253 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.113 77)
XYZ	xyz(26.8989, 25.6541, 6.4402)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28231 #3161B2

analogous

#B24131 #B28231 #A2B231

triadic

#B28231 #31B282 #8231B2

tetradic

#B28231 #31B241 #3161B2 #B231A2

square

#B28231 #31B241 #3161B2 #B231A2

split-complementary

#B28231 #31A2B2 #4131B2

monochromatic

#523C17 #825F24 #B28231 #CFA051 #DCBA81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#B28231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#B28231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28231

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28231	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.113 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda66e',
    500: '#b28231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28231;
$custom-light: #cda66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.674,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63929,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.25652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28231

secondary

#7996C5

accent

#80E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28231

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

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