#B28821#B28821

#B28821 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.123 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28821
RGB	rgb(178, 136, 33)
HSL	hsl(43, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, 6.56, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 57.19, 83.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.0118 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.123 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4406, 27.1851, 5.2405)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28821 #214BB2

analogous

#B24021 #B28821 #94B221

triadic

#B28821 #21B288 #8821B2

tetradic

#B28821 #21B240 #214BB2 #B22194

square

#B28821 #21B240 #214BB2 #B22194

split-complementary

#B28821 #2194B2 #4021B2

monochromatic

#4B390E #7E6117 #B28821 #DAAA36 #E3C06A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B28821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#B28821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28821

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28821	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 136, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.123 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaa66',
    500: '#b28821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28821;
$custom-light: #ceaa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.621,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65023,
    "c": 0.12317,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28821

secondary

#6682C9

accent

#6FEC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28821

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

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