#B28838#B28838

#B28838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.109 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28838
RGB	rgb(178, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, 7.62, 47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 48.27, 80.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% 0.0177 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.109 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8797, 27.3608, 7.5534)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28838 #3862B2

analogous

#B24B38 #B28838 #9FB238

triadic

#B28838 #38B288 #8838B2

tetradic

#B28838 #38B24B #3862B2 #B2389F

square

#B28838 #38B24B #3862B2 #B2389F

split-complementary

#B28838 #389FB2 #4B38B2

monochromatic

#55411B #836429 #B28838 #CCA55C #DABF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B28838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#B28838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28838

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28838	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	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)

#99892F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.109 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdaa72',
    500: '#b28838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28838;
$custom-light: #cdaa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.344,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65201,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28838

secondary

#8198C5

accent

#7EDC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28838

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

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