#B28A49#B28A49

#B28A49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.096 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28A49
RGB	rgb(178, 138, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.00, 7.67, 40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.00, 40.87, 79.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0201 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.096 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6527, 28.1248, 10.2215)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28A49 #4971B2

analogous

#B25649 #B28A49 #A6B249

triadic

#B28A49 #49B28A #8A49B2

tetradic

#B28A49 #49B256 #4971B2 #B249A6

square

#B28A49 #49B256 #4971B2 #B249A6

split-complementary

#B28A49 #49A6B2 #5649B2

monochromatic

#5B4725 #876837 #B28A49 #C5A673 #D7C29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B28A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#B28A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28A49

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28A49	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 138, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.096 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccac7e',
    500: '#b28a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28a49;
$custom-light: #ccac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65803,
    "c": 0.09622,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28A49

secondary

#93A6C4

accent

#85D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28A49

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

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