#B28949#B28949

#B28949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.096 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28949
RGB	rgb(178, 137, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, 8.22, 39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 40.68, 78.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.0217 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.096 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5099, 27.8392, 10.1739)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28949 #4972B2

analogous

#B25449 #B28949 #A7B249

triadic

#B28949 #49B289 #8949B2

tetradic

#B28949 #49B254 #4972B2 #B249A7

square

#B28949 #49B254 #4972B2 #B249A7

split-complementary

#B28949 #49A7B2 #5449B2

monochromatic

#5B4625 #876837 #B28949 #C5A573 #D7C19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B28949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#B28949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28949

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28949	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 137, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.096 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccab7d',
    500: '#b28949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28949;
$custom-light: #ccab7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.571,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65601,
    "c": 0.09593,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28949

secondary

#93A6C4

accent

#86D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28949

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

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