#B28E38#B28E38

#B28E38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.112 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28E38
RGB	rgb(178, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, 4.30, 49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 49.50, 85.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% 0.008 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.112 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7485, 29.0984, 7.8430)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28E38 #385CB2

analogous

#B25138 #B28E38 #99B238

triadic

#B28E38 #38B28E #8E38B2

tetradic

#B28E38 #38B251 #385CB2 #B23899

square

#B28E38 #38B251 #385CB2 #B23899

split-complementary

#B28E38 #3899B2 #5138B2

monochromatic

#55441B #836929 #B28E38 #CCAB5C #DAC38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B28E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#B28E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28E38

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28E38	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.112 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdae73',
    500: '#b28e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28e38;
$custom-light: #cdae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.295,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66428,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28E38

secondary

#8195C5

accent

#77DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28E38

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

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