#B28E56#B28E56

#B28E56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.086 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28E56
RGB	rgb(178, 142, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(37, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 51.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, 6.56, 34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 35.43, 79.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% 0.0185 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.086 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7141, 29.4846, 12.9283)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28E56 #567AB2

analogous

#B26056 #B28E56 #A8B256

triadic

#B28E56 #56B28E #8E56B2

tetradic

#B28E56 #56B260 #567AB2 #B256A8

square

#B28E56 #56B260 #567AB2 #B256A8

split-complementary

#B28E56 #56A8B2 #6056B2

monochromatic

#614D2C #8B6E3F #B28E56 #C5AA80 #D8C6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#B28E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#B28E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28E56

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28E56	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8F51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 142, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.086 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaf87',
    500: '#b28e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28e56;
$custom-light: #cbaf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66803,
    "c": 0.0856,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28E56

secondary

#9EAEC6

accent

#87CD5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28E56

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

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