#B28C51#B28C51

#B28C51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.090 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28C51
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 54.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, 7.22, 36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 37.44, 78.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% 0.0198 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.09 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2248, 28.8170, 11.8059)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28C51 #5177B2

analogous

#B25B51 #B28C51 #A7B251

triadic

#B28C51 #51B28C #8C51B2

tetradic

#B28C51 #51B25B #5177B2 #B251A7

square

#B28C51 #51B25B #5177B2 #B251A7

split-complementary

#B28C51 #51A7B2 #5B51B2

monochromatic

#5F4A2A #896B3D #B28C51 #C5A87B #D8C4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B28C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#B28C51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28C51

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28C51	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.090 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbad83',
    500: '#b28c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28c51;
$custom-light: #cbad83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.495,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6632,
    "c": 0.08965,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28C51

secondary

#9AABC5

accent

#87CF59

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28C51

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

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