#B28E1E#B28E1E

#B28E1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.127 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28E1E
RGB	rgb(178, 142, 30)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 83.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, 3.16, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 59.21, 86.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% 0.0018 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.127 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2692, 28.9066, 5.3186)
Luminance	0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28E1E #1E42B2

analogous

#B2441E #B28E1E #8CB21E

triadic

#B28E1E #1EB28E #8E1EB2

tetradic

#B28E1E #1EB244 #1E42B2 #B21E8C

square

#B28E1E #1EB244 #1E42B2 #B21E8C

split-complementary

#B28E1E #1E8CB2 #441EB2

monochromatic

#493A0C #7E6415 #B28E1E #DCB331 #E5C665

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B28E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#B28E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28E1E

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28E1E	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89625

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 142, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.127 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae65',
    500: '#b28e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28e1e;
$custom-light: #ceae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66241,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28E1E

secondary

#627BCA

accent

#66EE3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28E1E

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

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