#B28A38#B28A38

#B28A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.110 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28A38
RGB	rgb(178, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, 6.51, 48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 48.65, 82.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.0144 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.11 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1640, 27.9294, 7.6481)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28A38 #3860B2

analogous

#B24D38 #B28A38 #9DB238

triadic

#B28A38 #38B28A #8A38B2

tetradic

#B28A38 #38B24D #3860B2 #B2389D

square

#B28A38 #38B24D #3860B2 #B2389D

split-complementary

#B28A38 #389DB2 #4D38B2

monochromatic

#55421B #836629 #B28A38 #CCA75C #DAC08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B28A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#B28A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28A38

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28A38	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.110 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdab73',
    500: '#b28a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28a38;
$custom-light: #cdab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.328,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65608,
    "c": 0.10993,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28A38

secondary

#8197C5

accent

#7BDC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28A38

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

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