#B28842#B28842

#B28842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.102 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28842
RGB	rgb(178, 136, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, 8.26, 42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 43.76, 79.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% 0.0209 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.102 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1492, 27.4686, 8.9726)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28842 #426CB2

analogous

#B25042 #B28842 #A4B242

triadic

#B28842 #42B288 #8842B2

tetradic

#B28842 #42B250 #426CB2 #B242A4

square

#B28842 #42B250 #426CB2 #B242A4

split-complementary

#B28842 #42A4B2 #5042B2

monochromatic

#594421 #856631 #B28842 #C8A46A #D8BF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B28842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#B28842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28842

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28842	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98893B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 136, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.102 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccaa79',
    500: '#b28842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28842;
$custom-light: #ccaa79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6531,
    "c": 0.10152,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28842

secondary

#8CA1C4

accent

#83D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28842

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

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