#B28835#B28835

#B28835 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.111 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28835
RGB	rgb(178, 136, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 70.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 7.45, 49.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 49.56, 81.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.0168 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.111 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8086, 27.3323, 7.1785)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28835 #355FB2

analogous

#B24935 #B28835 #9DB235

triadic

#B28835 #35B288 #8835B2

tetradic

#B28835 #35B249 #355FB2 #B2359D

square

#B28835 #35B249 #355FB2 #B2359D

split-complementary

#B28835 #359DB2 #4935B2

monochromatic

#544019 #836427 #B28835 #CDA557 #DBBF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B28835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#B28835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28835

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28835	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99882B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 136, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.111 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdaa71',
    500: '#b28835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28835;
$custom-light: #cdaa71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.84,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65172,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28835

secondary

#7E96C5

accent

#7CDD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28835

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

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