#B28C28#B28C28

#B28C28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.121 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28C28
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 40)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 77.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, 4.61, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 55.50, 85.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% 0.007 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.121 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1229, 28.3763, 6.0030)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28C28 #284EB2

analogous

#B24728 #B28C28 #93B228

triadic

#B28C28 #28B28C #8C28B2

tetradic

#B28C28 #28B247 #284EB2 #B22893

square

#B28C28 #28B247 #284EB2 #B22893

split-complementary

#B28C28 #2893B2 #4728B2

monochromatic

#4E3D12 #80651D #B28C28 #D5AC43 #E0C275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#B28C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#B28C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28C28

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28C28	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)

#9D8B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.121 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdad6a',
    500: '#b28c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28c28;
$custom-light: #cdad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.478,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65886,
    "c": 0.12112,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28C28

secondary

#6F87C7

accent

#6FE641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28C28

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →