#B28C40#B28C40

#B28C40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.105 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28C40
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, 5.91, 45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 45.48, 82.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% 0.0138 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.105 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6652, 28.5932, 8.8587)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28C40 #4066B2

analogous

#B25340 #B28C40 #9FB240

triadic

#B28C40 #40B28C #8C40B2

tetradic

#B28C40 #40B253 #4066B2 #B2409F

square

#B28C40 #40B253 #4066B2 #B2409F

split-complementary

#B28C40 #409FB2 #5340B2

monochromatic

#584520 #856930 #B28C40 #C8A867 #D8C294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B28C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#B28C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28C40

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28C40	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.105 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccad78',
    500: '#b28c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28c40;
$custom-light: #ccad78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.661,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28C40

secondary

#8A9DC4

accent

#7ED751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28C40

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

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