#B26438#B26438

#B26438 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.116 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B26438
RGB	rgb(178, 100, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(22, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, 27.64, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 47.01, 53.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% 0.0771 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.116 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6330, 18.8674, 6.1378)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B26438 #3886B2

analogous

#B23849 #B26438 #B2A138

triadic

#B26438 #38B264 #6438B2

tetradic

#B26438 #49B238 #3886B2 #A138B2

square

#B26438 #49B238 #3886B2 #A138B2

split-complementary

#B26438 #38B2A1 #3849B2

monochromatic

#55301B #834A29 #B26438 #CC845C #DAA78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#B26438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#B26438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B26438

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B26438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B26438	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2545A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b26438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 100, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.116 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9170',
    500: '#b26438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b26438;
$custom-light: #ce9170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b26438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.639,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58385,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B26438

secondary

#81ACC5

accent

#A8DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B26438

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

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