#B28738#B28738

#B28738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.109 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28738
RGB	rgb(178, 135, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, 8.17, 47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 48.09, 80.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65% 0.0193 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.109 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7396, 27.0804, 7.5066)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28738 #3863B2

analogous

#B24A38 #B28738 #A0B238

triadic

#B28738 #38B287 #8738B2

tetradic

#B28738 #38B24A #3863B2 #B238A0

square

#B28738 #38B24A #3863B2 #B238A0

split-complementary

#B28738 #38A0B2 #4A38B2

monochromatic

#55401B #836429 #B28738 #CCA45C #DABE8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B28738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#B28738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28738

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28738	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 135, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.109 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda972',
    500: '#b28738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28738;
$custom-light: #cda972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.852,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64999,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28738

secondary

#8199C5

accent

#7FDC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28738

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

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