#B28C21#B28C21

#B28C21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.125 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28C21
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 33)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, 4.35, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 57.90, 85.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% 0.0055 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.125 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0145, 28.3329, 5.4318)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28C21 #2147B2

analogous

#B24421 #B28C21 #90B221

triadic

#B28C21 #21B28C #8C21B2

tetradic

#B28C21 #21B244 #2147B2 #B22190

square

#B28C21 #21B244 #2147B2 #B22190

split-complementary

#B28C21 #2190B2 #4421B2

monochromatic

#4B3B0E #7E6317 #B28C21 #DAAF36 #E3C46A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#B28C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#B28C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28C21

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28C21	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.125 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cead66',
    500: '#b28c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28c21;
$custom-light: #cead66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.276,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65843,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28C21

secondary

#6680C9

accent

#6AEC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28C21

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

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