#B28938#B28938

#B28938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.110 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28938
RGB	rgb(178, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, 7.06, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 48.45, 81.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.016 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.11 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0212, 27.6438, 7.6005)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28938 #3861B2

analogous

#B24C38 #B28938 #9EB238

triadic

#B28938 #38B289 #8938B2

tetradic

#B28938 #38B24C #3861B2 #B2389E

square

#B28938 #38B24C #3861B2 #B2389E

split-complementary

#B28938 #389EB2 #4C38B2

monochromatic

#55411B #836529 #B28938 #CCA65C #DABF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B28938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#B28938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28938

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28938	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.110 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdab73',
    500: '#b28938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28938;
$custom-light: #cdab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.836,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65404,
    "c": 0.10958,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28938

secondary

#8198C5

accent

#7CDC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28938

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

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