#B28A42#B28A42

#B28A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.102 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28A42
RGB	rgb(178, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, 7.15, 43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 44.15, 80.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.0177 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.102 80)
XYZ	xyz(28.4335, 28.0372, 9.0673)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28A42 #426AB2

analogous

#B25242 #B28A42 #A2B242

triadic

#B28A42 #42B28A #8A42B2

tetradic

#B28A42 #42B252 #426AB2 #B242A2

square

#B28A42 #42B252 #426AB2 #B242A2

split-complementary

#B28A42 #42A2B2 #5242B2

monochromatic

#594521 #856731 #B28A42 #C8A66A #D8C196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B28A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#B28A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28A42

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28A42	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.102 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccac79',
    500: '#b28a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28a42;
$custom-light: #ccac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65715,
    "c": 0.10215,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.28035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28A42

secondary

#8CA0C4

accent

#81D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28A42

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

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