#B28442#B28442

#B28442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.101 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28442
RGB	rgb(178, 132, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, 10.48, 41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 43.10, 75.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% 0.0274 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.101 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5963, 26.3629, 8.7883)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28442 #4270B2

analogous

#B24C42 #B28442 #A8B242

triadic

#B28442 #42B284 #8442B2

tetradic

#B28442 #42B24C #4270B2 #B242A8

square

#B28442 #42B24C #4270B2 #B242A8

split-complementary

#B28442 #42A8B2 #4C42B2

monochromatic

#594221 #856331 #B28442 #C8A16A #D8BD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#B28442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#B28442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28442

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28442	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95863C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 132, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.101 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca779',
    500: '#b28442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28442;
$custom-light: #cca779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.357,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64508,
    "c": 0.10065,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28442

secondary

#8CA3C4

accent

#88D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28442

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

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