#B28951#B28951

#B28951 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.089 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28951
RGB	rgb(178, 137, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 54.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, 8.88, 35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 36.87, 76.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% 0.0247 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.089 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7924, 27.9522, 11.6618)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28951 #517AB2

analogous

#B25851 #B28951 #AAB251

triadic

#B28951 #51B289 #8951B2

tetradic

#B28951 #51B258 #517AB2 #B251AA

square

#B28951 #51B258 #517AB2 #B251AA

split-complementary

#B28951 #51AAB2 #5851B2

monochromatic

#5F482A #89693D #B28951 #C5A67B #D8C3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B28951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#B28951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28951

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28951	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988A4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 137, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.089 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccab83',
    500: '#b28951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28951;
$custom-light: #ccab83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.639,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65714,
    "c": 0.08885,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28951

secondary

#9AACC5

accent

#8BCF59

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28951

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

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