#B28255#B28255

#B28255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.085 H 63.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28255
RGB	rgb(178, 130, 85)
HSL	hsl(29, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(29, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, 13.14, 31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 34.13, 67.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% 0.0379 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.085 63.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9838, 26.0881, 12.1542)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28255 #5585B2

analogous

#B25557 #B28255 #B2B155

triadic

#B28255 #55B282 #8255B2

tetradic

#B28255 #57B255 #5585B2 #B155B2

square

#B28255 #57B255 #5585B2 #B155B2

split-complementary

#B28255 #55B2B1 #5557B2

monochromatic

#61452C #8B643F #B28255 #C5A17F #D8C0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#B28255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#B28255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28255

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28255	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 130, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.085 63.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca685',
    500: '#b28255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28255;
$custom-light: #cca685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.032,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64385,
    "c": 0.08496,
    "h": 63.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28255

secondary

#9DB2C6

accent

#96CE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#140F0B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28255

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

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