#B28238#B28238

#B28238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.108 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28238
RGB	rgb(178, 130, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, 10.95, 46.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 47.30, 76.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64% 0.0274 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.108 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0583, 25.7178, 7.2795)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28238 #3868B2

analogous

#B24538 #B28238 #A5B238

triadic

#B28238 #38B282 #8238B2

tetradic

#B28238 #38B245 #3868B2 #B238A5

square

#B28238 #38B245 #3868B2 #B238A5

split-complementary

#B28238 #38A5B2 #4538B2

monochromatic

#553E1B #836029 #B28238 #CCA05C #DABB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B28238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#B28238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28238

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28238	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 130, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.108 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda672',
    500: '#b28238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28238;
$custom-light: #cda672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.393,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63997,
    "c": 0.10785,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28238

secondary

#819CC5

accent

#85DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28238

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

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