#B28A21#B28A21

#B28A21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.124 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28A21
RGB	rgb(178, 138, 33)
HSL	hsl(43, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, 5.45, 57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 57.53, 84.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% 0.0087 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.124 86)
XYZ	xyz(27.7249, 27.7537, 5.3353)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28A21 #2149B2

analogous

#B24221 #B28A21 #92B221

triadic

#B28A21 #21B28A #8A21B2

tetradic

#B28A21 #21B242 #2149B2 #B22192

square

#B28A21 #21B242 #2149B2 #B22192

split-complementary

#B28A21 #2192B2 #4221B2

monochromatic

#4B3A0E #7E6217 #B28A21 #DAAD36 #E3C26A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B28A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#B28A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28A21

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28A21	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)

#9C8A07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 138, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.124 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab66',
    500: '#b28a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28a21;
$custom-light: #ceab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65432,
    "c": 0.1239,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.27752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28A21

secondary

#6681C9

accent

#6DEC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28A21

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

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