#B28E53#B28E53

#B28E53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.088 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28E53
RGB	rgb(178, 142, 83)
HSL	hsl(37, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 53.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, 6.29, 36.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 36.89, 80.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% 0.0173 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.088 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5958, 29.4372, 12.3050)
Luminance	0.2944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28E53 #5377B2

analogous

#B25E53 #B28E53 #A6B253

triadic

#B28E53 #53B28E #8E53B2

tetradic

#B28E53 #53B25E #5377B2 #B253A6

square

#B28E53 #53B25E #5377B2 #B253A6

split-complementary

#B28E53 #53A6B2 #5E53B2

monochromatic

#604C2B #8A6D3E #B28E53 #C5AA7D #D8C6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#B28E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#B28E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28E53

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28E53	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 142, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.088 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae84',
    500: '#b28e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28e53;
$custom-light: #cbae84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.263,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66757,
    "c": 0.08847,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28E53

secondary

#9BABC5

accent

#86CE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28E53

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

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