#B28A2C#B28A2C

#B28A2C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.118 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28A2C
RGB	rgb(178, 138, 44)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 75.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, 5.89, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 53.61, 83.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.0111 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.118 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9049, 27.8258, 6.2836)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28A2C #2C54B2

analogous

#B2472C #B28A2C #97B22C

triadic

#B28A2C #2CB28A #8A2CB2

tetradic

#B28A2C #2CB247 #2C54B2 #B22C97

square

#B28A2C #2CB247 #2C54B2 #B22C97

split-complementary

#B28A2C #2C97B2 #472CB2

monochromatic

#503E14 #816420 #B28A2C #D2A949 #DEC07A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B28A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#B28A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28A2C

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28A2C	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)

#9C8A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 138, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.118 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdab6c',
    500: '#b28a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28a2c;
$custom-light: #cdab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.09,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65504,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28A2C

secondary

#738CC6

accent

#74E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28A2C

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

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