#B28A23#B28A23

#B28A23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.123 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28A23
RGB	rgb(178, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 80.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, 5.52, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 56.87, 84.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.0091 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.123 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7537, 27.7653, 5.4872)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28A23 #234BB2

analogous

#B24323 #B28A23 #93B223

triadic

#B28A23 #23B28A #8A23B2

tetradic

#B28A23 #23B243 #234BB2 #B22393

square

#B28A23 #23B243 #234BB2 #B22393

split-complementary

#B28A23 #2393B2 #4323B2

monochromatic

#4C3B0F #7F6219 #B28A23 #D8AC3A #E2C26D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B28A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#B28A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28A23

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28A23	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	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)

#9C8A0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.123 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceab67',
    500: '#b28a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28a23;
$custom-light: #ceab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.217,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65443,
    "c": 0.12294,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28A23

secondary

#6883C9

accent

#6EEA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28A23

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

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