#B28940#B28940

#B28940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.103 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28940
RGB	rgb(178, 137, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, 7.57, 44.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 44.87, 80.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% 0.0186 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.103 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2328, 27.7284, 8.7146)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28940 #4069B2

analogous

#B25040 #B28940 #A2B240

triadic

#B28940 #40B289 #8940B2

tetradic

#B28940 #40B250 #4069B2 #B240A2

square

#B28940 #40B250 #4069B2 #B240A2

split-complementary

#B28940 #40A2B2 #5040B2

monochromatic

#584420 #856630 #B28940 #C8A567 #D8C094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B28940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#B28940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28940

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28940	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 137, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.103 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccab78',
    500: '#b28940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28940;
$custom-light: #ccab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.421,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65489,
    "c": 0.10344,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28940

secondary

#8A9FC4

accent

#81D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28940

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

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