#B28823#B28823

#B28823 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.122 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28823
RGB	rgb(178, 136, 35)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 80.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 6.63, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 56.52, 83.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.0122 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.122 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4694, 27.1967, 5.3925)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28823 #234DB2

analogous

#B24123 #B28823 #95B223

triadic

#B28823 #23B288 #8823B2

tetradic

#B28823 #23B241 #234DB2 #B22395

square

#B28823 #23B241 #234DB2 #B22395

split-complementary

#B28823 #2395B2 #4123B2

monochromatic

#4C3A0F #7F6119 #B28823 #D8AA3A #E2C06D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B28823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#B28823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28823

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28823	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)

#9A880D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 136, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.122 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaa67',
    500: '#b28823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28823;
$custom-light: #ceaa67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.378,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65035,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28823

secondary

#6885C9

accent

#70EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28823

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

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