#B28C49#B28C49

#B28C49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.097 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28C49
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, 6.56, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 41.27, 80.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% 0.0169 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.097 80)
XYZ	xyz(28.9422, 28.7040, 10.3181)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28C49 #496FB2

analogous

#B25849 #B28C49 #A4B249

triadic

#B28C49 #49B28C #8C49B2

tetradic

#B28C49 #49B258 #496FB2 #B249A4

square

#B28C49 #49B258 #496FB2 #B249A4

split-complementary

#B28C49 #49A4B2 #5849B2

monochromatic

#5B4825 #876A37 #B28C49 #C5A873 #D7C39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#B28C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#B28C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28C49

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28C49	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5964B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.097 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccad7e',
    500: '#b28c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28c49;
$custom-light: #ccad7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.286,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66209,
    "c": 0.09689,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.28702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28C49

secondary

#93A5C4

accent

#83D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28C49

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

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