#B28836#B28836

#B28836 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.111 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28836
RGB	rgb(178, 136, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, 7.50, 48.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 49.13, 81.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.0171 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.111 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8318, 27.3416, 7.3009)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28836 #3660B2

analogous

#B24A36 #B28836 #9EB236

triadic

#B28836 #36B288 #8836B2

tetradic

#B28836 #36B24A #3660B2 #B2369E

square

#B28836 #36B24A #3660B2 #B2369E

split-complementary

#B28836 #369EB2 #4A36B2

monochromatic

#54401A #836428 #B28836 #CDA559 #DBBF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B28836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#B28836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28836

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28836	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)

#99892C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 136, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.111 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdaa71',
    500: '#b28836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28836;
$custom-light: #cdaa71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.677,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65182,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28836

secondary

#7F97C5

accent

#7CDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28836

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

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