#B26538#B26538

#B26538 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.116 H 49.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B26538
RGB	rgb(178, 101, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(22, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, 27.09, 38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 46.90, 54.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.0755 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.116 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7295, 19.0604, 6.1700)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B26538 #3885B2

analogous

#B23848 #B26538 #B2A238

triadic

#B26538 #38B265 #6538B2

tetradic

#B26538 #48B238 #3885B2 #A238B2

square

#B26538 #48B238 #3885B2 #A238B2

split-complementary

#B26538 #38B2A2 #3848B2

monochromatic

#55301B #834B29 #B26538 #CC855C #DAA88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#B26538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#B26538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B26538

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B26538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B26538	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2565B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b26538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 101, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.116 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9170',
    500: '#b26538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b26538;
$custom-light: #ce9170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b26538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.131,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58559,
    "c": 0.11572,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B26538

secondary

#81ACC5

accent

#A7DC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B26538

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

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