#B28B2E#B28B2E

#B28B2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.117 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28B2E
RGB	rgb(178, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 74.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, 5.43, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 53.02, 84.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.01 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.117 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0876, 28.1294, 6.5344)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28B2E #2E55B2

analogous

#B2492E #B28B2E #97B22E

triadic

#B28B2E #2EB28B #8B2EB2

tetradic

#B28B2E #2EB249 #2E55B2 #B22E97

square

#B28B2E #2EB249 #2E55B2 #B22E97

split-complementary

#B28B2E #2E97B2 #492EB2

monochromatic

#513F15 #816521 #B28B2E #D1AA4C #DDC17D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B28B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#B28B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28B2E

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28B2E	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.117 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdac6d',
    500: '#b28b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28b2e;
$custom-light: #cdac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65724,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28B2E

secondary

#768EC6

accent

#74E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28B2E

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

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