#B27242#B27242

#B27242 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.103 H 56.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27242
RGB	rgb(178, 114, 66)
HSL	hsl(26, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(26, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, 20.54, 36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 41.99, 60.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% 0.0573 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.103 56.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3625, 21.8953, 8.0437)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27242 #4282B2

analogous

#B2424A #B27242 #B2AA42

triadic

#B27242 #42B272 #7242B2

tetradic

#B27242 #4AB242 #4282B2 #AA42B2

square

#B27242 #4AB242 #4282B2 #AA42B2

split-complementary

#B27242 #42B2AA #424AB2

monochromatic

#593921 #855531 #B27242 #C8926A #D8B296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#B27242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#B27242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27242

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27242	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 114, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.103 56.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9b78',
    500: '#b27242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27242;
$custom-light: #cd9b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61034,
    "c": 0.10302,
    "h": 56.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27242

secondary

#8CACC4

accent

#9DD652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27242

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

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