#B26231#B26231

#B26231 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.121 H 49.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B26231
RGB	rgb(178, 98, 49)
HSL	hsl(23, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(23, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 28.34, 41.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 49.91, 55.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.0781 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.121 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2842, 18.4247, 5.2353)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B26231 #3181B2

analogous

#B23140 #B26231 #B2A331

triadic

#B26231 #31B262 #6231B2

tetradic

#B26231 #40B231 #3181B2 #A331B2

square

#B26231 #40B231 #3181B2 #A331B2

split-complementary

#B26231 #31B2A3 #3140B2

monochromatic

#522D17 #824824 #B26231 #CF8151 #DCA481

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#B26231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#B26231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B26231

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B26231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B26231	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b26231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 98, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.121 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8f6b',
    500: '#b26231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b26231;
$custom-light: #cf8f6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b26231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.791,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57958,
    "c": 0.12101,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B26231

secondary

#79A9C5

accent

#A6E048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B26231

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

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