#B28C22#B28C22

#B28C22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.124 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28C22
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 34)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 80.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, 4.39, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 57.57, 85.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.0057 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.124 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0287, 28.3386, 5.5067)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28C22 #2248B2

analogous

#B24422 #B28C22 #90B222

triadic

#B28C22 #22B28C #8C22B2

tetradic

#B28C22 #22B244 #2248B2 #B22290

square

#B28C22 #22B244 #2248B2 #B22290

split-complementary

#B28C22 #2290B2 #4422B2

monochromatic

#4B3B0E #7F6418 #B28C22 #D9AF38 #E3C36C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#B28C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#B28C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28C22

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28C22	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)

#9E8B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.124 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cead67',
    500: '#b28c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28c22;
$custom-light: #cead67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.167,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65849,
    "c": 0.12424,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28C22

secondary

#6781C9

accent

#6BEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28C22

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

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