#B28B49#B28B49

#B28B49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.097 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28B49
RGB	rgb(178, 139, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, 7.11, 40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 41.06, 80.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% 0.0185 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.097 79)
XYZ	xyz(28.7968, 28.4131, 10.2696)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28B49 #4970B2

analogous

#B25649 #B28B49 #A5B249

triadic

#B28B49 #49B28B #8B49B2

tetradic

#B28B49 #49B256 #4970B2 #B249A5

square

#B28B49 #49B256 #4970B2 #B249A5

split-complementary

#B28B49 #49A5B2 #5649B2

monochromatic

#5B4725 #876937 #B28B49 #C5A773 #D7C29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#B28B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#B28B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28B49

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28B49	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4954B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 139, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.097 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccac7e',
    500: '#b28b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28b49;
$custom-light: #ccac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66006,
    "c": 0.09654,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.28411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28B49

secondary

#93A5C4

accent

#84D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28B49

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

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