#B28B23#B28B23

#B28B23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.123 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28B23
RGB	rgb(178, 139, 35)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 80.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, 4.97, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 57.05, 85.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.0075 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.123 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8979, 28.0535, 5.5353)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28B23 #234AB2

analogous

#B24323 #B28B23 #92B223

triadic

#B28B23 #23B28B #8B23B2

tetradic

#B28B23 #23B243 #234AB2 #B22392

square

#B28B23 #23B243 #234AB2 #B22392

split-complementary

#B28B23 #2392B2 #4323B2

monochromatic

#4C3B0F #7F6319 #B28B23 #D8AD3A #E2C26D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B28B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#B28B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28B23

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28B23	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)

#9D8A0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 139, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.123 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceac67',
    500: '#b28b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28b23;
$custom-light: #ceac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65649,
    "c": 0.12334,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28B23

secondary

#6882C9

accent

#6DEA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28B23

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

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