#B28F23#B28F23

#B28F23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.125 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28F23
RGB	rgb(178, 143, 35)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 80.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, 2.77, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 57.85, 87.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.0012 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.125 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4877, 29.2331, 5.7319)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28F23 #2346B2

analogous

#B24823 #B28F23 #8EB223

triadic

#B28F23 #23B28F #8F23B2

tetradic

#B28F23 #23B248 #2346B2 #B2238E

square

#B28F23 #23B248 #2346B2 #B2238E

split-complementary

#B28F23 #238EB2 #4823B2

monochromatic

#4C3D0F #7F6619 #B28F23 #D8B23A #E2C66D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#B28F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#B28F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B28F23

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28F23	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 143, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.125 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceaf68',
    500: '#b28f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28f23;
$custom-light: #ceaf68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.315,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66475,
    "c": 0.12515,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28F23

secondary

#6880C9

accent

#68EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28F23

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

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