#B28B2B#B28B2B

#B28B2B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.119 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28B2B
RGB	rgb(178, 139, 43)
HSL	hsl(43, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 75.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, 5.29, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 54.18, 84.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.0093 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.119 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0305, 28.1066, 6.2338)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28B2B #2B52B2

analogous

#B2482B #B28B2B #95B22B

triadic

#B28B2B #2BB28B #8B2BB2

tetradic

#B28B2B #2BB248 #2B52B2 #B22B95

square

#B28B2B #2BB248 #2B52B2 #B22B95

split-complementary

#B28B2B #2B95B2 #482BB2

monochromatic

#4F3E13 #81651F #B28B2B #D3AA48 #DFC179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B28B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#B28B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28B2B

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28B2B	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)

#9C8B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 139, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.119 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdac6b',
    500: '#b28b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28b2b;
$custom-light: #cdac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.667,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65701,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28B2B

secondary

#728BC7

accent

#72E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28B2B

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

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