#B28B21#B28B21

#B28B21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.124 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28B21
RGB	rgb(178, 139, 33)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, 4.90, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 57.71, 85.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% 0.0071 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.124 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8690, 28.0420, 5.3834)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28B21 #2148B2

analogous

#B24321 #B28B21 #91B221

triadic

#B28B21 #21B28B #8B21B2

tetradic

#B28B21 #21B243 #2148B2 #B22191

square

#B28B21 #21B243 #2148B2 #B22191

split-complementary

#B28B21 #2191B2 #4321B2

monochromatic

#4B3A0E #7E6317 #B28B21 #DAAE36 #E3C36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B28B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#B28B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28B21

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28B21	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)

#9D8A06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 139, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.124 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac66',
    500: '#b28b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28b21;
$custom-light: #ceac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.862,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65637,
    "c": 0.1243,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28B21

secondary

#6680C9

accent

#6BEC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28B21

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

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