#B28C23#B28C23

#B28C23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.124 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28C23
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 35)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 80.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, 4.42, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 57.24, 85.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.0059 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.124 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0433, 28.3444, 5.5838)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28C23 #2349B2

analogous

#B24523 #B28C23 #91B223

triadic

#B28C23 #23B28C #8C23B2

tetradic

#B28C23 #23B245 #2349B2 #B22391

square

#B28C23 #23B245 #2349B2 #B22391

split-complementary

#B28C23 #2391B2 #4523B2

monochromatic

#4C3C0F #7F6419 #B28C23 #D8AE3A #E2C36D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#B28C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#B28C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28C23

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28C23	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)

#9E8B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.124 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cead67',
    500: '#b28c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28c23;
$custom-light: #cead67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.056,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65854,
    "c": 0.12375,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28C23

secondary

#6882C9

accent

#6CEA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28C23

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

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