#B28B22#B28B22

#B28B22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.124 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28B22
RGB	rgb(178, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 80.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, 4.94, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 57.39, 85.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% 0.0073 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.124 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8832, 28.0477, 5.4582)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28B22 #2249B2

analogous

#B24322 #B28B22 #91B222

triadic

#B28B22 #22B28B #8B22B2

tetradic

#B28B22 #22B243 #2249B2 #B22291

square

#B28B22 #22B243 #2249B2 #B22291

split-complementary

#B28B22 #2291B2 #4322B2

monochromatic

#4B3B0E #7F6318 #B28B22 #D9AD38 #E3C36C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B28B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#B28B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28B22

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28B22	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)

#9D8A09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.124 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac67',
    500: '#b28b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28b22;
$custom-light: #ceac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.75,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65643,
    "c": 0.12382,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28B22

secondary

#6781C9

accent

#6CEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28B22

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

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