#B28438#B28438

#B28438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.108 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28438
RGB	rgb(178, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, 9.84, 46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 47.59, 78.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% 0.0241 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.108 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3269, 26.2551, 7.3691)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28438 #3866B2

analogous

#B24738 #B28438 #A3B238

triadic

#B28438 #38B284 #8438B2

tetradic

#B28438 #38B247 #3866B2 #B238A3

square

#B28438 #38B247 #3866B2 #B238A3

split-complementary

#B28438 #38A3B2 #4738B2

monochromatic

#553F1B #836129 #B28438 #CCA15C #DABC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#B28438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#B28438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28438

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28438	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95852F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.108 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda772',
    500: '#b28438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28438;
$custom-light: #cda772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.377,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64396,
    "c": 0.1082,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28438

secondary

#819BC5

accent

#82DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28438

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

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