#B27240#B27240

#B27240 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.104 H 57.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27240
RGB	rgb(178, 114, 64)
HSL	hsl(26, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(26, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.89, 20.40, 37.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.89, 42.83, 61.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% 0.0566 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.104 57.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3046, 21.8721, 7.7385)
Luminance	0.2187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27240 #4080B2

analogous

#B24047 #B27240 #B2AB40

triadic

#B27240 #40B272 #7240B2

tetradic

#B27240 #47B240 #4080B2 #AB40B2

square

#B27240 #47B240 #4080B2 #AB40B2

split-complementary

#B27240 #40B2AB #4047B2

monochromatic

#583820 #855530 #B27240 #C89267 #D8B294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#B27240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#B27240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27240

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27240	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26566

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 114, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.104 57.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9b76',
    500: '#b27240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27240;
$custom-light: #cd9b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.316,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61007,
    "c": 0.10429,
    "h": 57.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27240

secondary

#8AAAC4

accent

#9CD751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27240

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

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