#B28837#B28837

#B28837 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.110 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28837
RGB	rgb(178, 136, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 69.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, 7.56, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 48.70, 81.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.0174 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.11 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8555, 27.3511, 7.4258)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28837 #3761B2

analogous

#B24A37 #B28837 #9EB237

triadic

#B28837 #37B288 #8837B2

tetradic

#B28837 #37B24A #3761B2 #B2379E

square

#B28837 #37B24A #3761B2 #B2379E

split-complementary

#B28837 #379EB2 #4A37B2

monochromatic

#54411A #836429 #B28837 #CCA55A #DBBF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B28837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#B28837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28837

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28837	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)

#99892D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 136, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.110 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdaa72',
    500: '#b28837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28837;
$custom-light: #cdaa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.512,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65191,
    "c": 0.10997,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28837

secondary

#8098C5

accent

#7DDC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28837

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

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