#B28A28#B28A28

#B28A28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.120 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28A28
RGB	rgb(178, 138, 40)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 77.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, 5.72, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 55.11, 84.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% 0.0102 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.12 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8334, 27.7971, 5.9065)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28A28 #2850B2

analogous

#B24528 #B28A28 #95B228

triadic

#B28A28 #28B28A #8A28B2

tetradic

#B28A28 #28B245 #2850B2 #B22895

square

#B28A28 #28B245 #2850B2 #B22895

split-complementary

#B28A28 #2895B2 #4528B2

monochromatic

#4E3D12 #80631D #B28A28 #D5AA43 #E0C175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B28A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#B28A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28A28

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28A28	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 138, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.120 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdab6a',
    500: '#b28a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28a28;
$custom-light: #cdab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.609,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65475,
    "c": 0.1203,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28A28

secondary

#6F88C7

accent

#71E641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28A28

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

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