#B28A2D#B28A2D

#B28A2D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.117 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28A2D
RGB	rgb(178, 138, 45)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 74.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, 5.93, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 53.22, 83.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% 0.0114 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.117 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9240, 27.8334, 6.3838)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28A2D #2D55B2

analogous

#B2472D #B28A2D #97B22D

triadic

#B28A2D #2DB28A #8A2DB2

tetradic

#B28A2D #2DB247 #2D55B2 #B22D97

square

#B28A2D #2DB247 #2D55B2 #B22D97

split-complementary

#B28A2D #2D97B2 #472DB2

monochromatic

#503E14 #816421 #B28A2D #D1A94B #DEC07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B28A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#B28A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28A2D

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28A2D	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 138, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.117 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdab6c',
    500: '#b28a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28a2d;
$custom-light: #cdab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.955,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65512,
    "c": 0.11736,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28A2D

secondary

#758DC6

accent

#74E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28A2D

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

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