#B28939#B28939

#B28939 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.109 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28939
RGB	rgb(178, 137, 57)
HSL	hsl(40, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 68%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, 7.12, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 48.02, 81.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% 0.0164 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.109 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0459, 27.6537, 7.7306)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28939 #3962B2

analogous

#B24C39 #B28939 #9EB239

triadic

#B28939 #39B289 #8939B2

tetradic

#B28939 #39B24C #3962B2 #B2399E

square

#B28939 #39B24C #3962B2 #B2399E

split-complementary

#B28939 #399EB2 #4C39B2

monochromatic

#55421B #84652A #B28939 #CBA65D #DABF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B28939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#B28939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28939

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28939	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)

#9A8930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 137, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.109 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdab73',
    500: '#b28939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28939;
$custom-light: #cdab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.669,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65414,
    "c": 0.10885,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28939

secondary

#8299C4

accent

#7DDB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28939

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

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