#B28848#B28848

#B28848 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.097 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28848
RGB	rgb(178, 136, 72)
HSL	hsl(36, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 59.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, 8.70, 40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 40.97, 77.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% 0.023 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.097 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3355, 27.5431, 9.9536)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28848 #4872B2

analogous

#B25348 #B28848 #A7B248

triadic

#B28848 #48B288 #8848B2

tetradic

#B28848 #48B253 #4872B2 #B248A7

square

#B28848 #48B253 #4872B2 #B248A7

split-complementary

#B28848 #48A7B2 #5348B2

monochromatic

#5B4525 #866736 #B28848 #C6A471 #D7C09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B28848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#B28848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28848

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28848	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2934A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 136, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.097 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccaa7d',
    500: '#b28848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28848;
$custom-light: #ccaa7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.226,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65386,
    "c": 0.09652,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28848

secondary

#92A6C4

accent

#87D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28848

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

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