#B28B28#B28B28

#B28B28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.121 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28B28
RGB	rgb(178, 139, 40)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 77.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, 5.16, 55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 55.30, 84.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.0086 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.121 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9775, 28.0854, 5.9545)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28B28 #284FB2

analogous

#B24628 #B28B28 #94B228

triadic

#B28B28 #28B28B #8B28B2

tetradic

#B28B28 #28B246 #284FB2 #B22894

square

#B28B28 #28B246 #284FB2 #B22894

split-complementary

#B28B28 #2894B2 #4628B2

monochromatic

#4E3D12 #80641D #B28B28 #D5AB43 #E0C275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B28B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#B28B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28B28

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28B28	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)

#9D8A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 139, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.121 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdac6a',
    500: '#b28b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28b28;
$custom-light: #cdac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.043,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6568,
    "c": 0.12069,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28B28

secondary

#6F88C7

accent

#70E641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28B28

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

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