#B26E38#B26E38

#B26E38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.111 H 56.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B26E38
RGB	rgb(178, 110, 56)
HSL	hsl(27, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(27, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.2%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 22.12, 40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 46.25, 61.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% 0.0605 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.111 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6517, 20.9048, 6.4774)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B26E38 #387CB2

analogous

#B2383F #B26E38 #B2AB38

triadic

#B26E38 #38B26E #6E38B2

tetradic

#B26E38 #3FB238 #387CB2 #AB38B2

square

#B26E38 #3FB238 #387CB2 #AB38B2

split-complementary

#B26E38 #38B2AB #383FB2

monochromatic

#55341B #835129 #B26E38 #CC8D5C #DAAE8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#B26E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#B26E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B26E38

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B26E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B26E38	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26062

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b26e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 110, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.111 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9871',
    500: '#b26e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b26e38;
$custom-light: #ce9871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b26e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.557,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60168,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B26E38

secondary

#81A7C5

accent

#9CDC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B26E38

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

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