#B28A2B#B28A2B

#B28A2B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.119 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28A2B
RGB	rgb(178, 138, 43)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 75.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, 5.84, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 53.99, 83.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.0109 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.119 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8864, 27.8183, 6.1857)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28A2B #2B53B2

analogous

#B2462B #B28A2B #96B22B

triadic

#B28A2B #2BB28A #8A2BB2

tetradic

#B28A2B #2BB246 #2B53B2 #B22B96

square

#B28A2B #2BB246 #2B53B2 #B22B96

split-complementary

#B28A2B #2B96B2 #462BB2

monochromatic

#4F3E13 #81641F #B28A2B #D3A948 #DFC079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B28A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#B28A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28A2B

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28A2B	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)

#9C8A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 138, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.119 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdab6b',
    500: '#b28a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28a2b;
$custom-light: #cdab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.222,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65497,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28A2B

secondary

#728BC7

accent

#73E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28A2B

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

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