#B28E22#B28E22

#B28E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.125 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28E22
RGB	rgb(178, 142, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 80.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, 3.29, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 57.97, 86.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% 0.0026 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.125 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3236, 28.9284, 5.6050)
Luminance	0.2893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28E22 #2246B2

analogous

#B24622 #B28E22 #8EB222

triadic

#B28E22 #22B28E #8E22B2

tetradic

#B28E22 #22B246 #2246B2 #B2228E

square

#B28E22 #22B246 #2246B2 #B2228E

split-complementary

#B28E22 #228EB2 #4622B2

monochromatic

#4B3C0E #7F6518 #B28E22 #D9B138 #E3C56C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#B28E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#B28E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28E22

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28E22	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 142, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.125 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae67',
    500: '#b28e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28e22;
$custom-light: #ceae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66262,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28E22

secondary

#677FC9

accent

#68EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28E22

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

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