#B28A22#B28A22

#B28A22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.123 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28A22
RGB	rgb(178, 138, 34)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 80.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, 5.49, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 57.20, 84.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.0089 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.123 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7391, 27.7594, 5.4102)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28A22 #224AB2

analogous

#B24222 #B28A22 #92B222

triadic

#B28A22 #22B28A #8A22B2

tetradic

#B28A22 #22B242 #224AB2 #B22292

square

#B28A22 #22B242 #224AB2 #B22292

split-complementary

#B28A22 #2292B2 #4222B2

monochromatic

#4B3A0E #7F6218 #B28A22 #D9AC38 #E3C26C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B28A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#B28A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28A22

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28A22	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)

#9C8A09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 138, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.123 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab67',
    500: '#b28a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28a22;
$custom-light: #ceab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65438,
    "c": 0.12342,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28A22

secondary

#6782C9

accent

#6DEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28A22

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

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