#B28E23#B28E23

#B28E23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.125 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28E23
RGB	rgb(178, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 80.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, 3.32, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 57.64, 86.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0028 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.125 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3382, 28.9342, 5.6821)
Luminance	0.2893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28E23 #2347B2

analogous

#B24723 #B28E23 #8FB223

triadic

#B28E23 #23B28E #8E23B2

tetradic

#B28E23 #23B247 #2347B2 #B2238F

square

#B28E23 #23B247 #2347B2 #B2238F

split-complementary

#B28E23 #238FB2 #4723B2

monochromatic

#4C3C0F #7F6519 #B28E23 #D8B03A #E2C56D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#B28E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#B28E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28E23

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28E23	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)

#9F8D0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.125 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceae68',
    500: '#b28e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28e23;
$custom-light: #ceae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.895,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66268,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28E23

secondary

#6880C9

accent

#69EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28E23

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

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