#B27438#B27438

#B27438 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.109 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27438
RGB	rgb(178, 116, 56)
HSL	hsl(30, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(30, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, 18.77, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 46.21, 66.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% 0.0505 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.109 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3211, 22.2436, 6.7005)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27438 #3876B2

analogous

#B23839 #B27438 #B2B138

triadic

#B27438 #38B274 #7438B2

tetradic

#B27438 #39B238 #3876B2 #B138B2

square

#B27438 #39B238 #3876B2 #B138B2

split-complementary

#B27438 #38B2B1 #3839B2

monochromatic

#55371B #835629 #B27438 #CC935C #DAB28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#B27438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#B27438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27438

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27438	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 116, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.109 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9c71',
    500: '#b27438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27438;
$custom-light: #ce9c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.508,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61283,
    "c": 0.10865,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27438

secondary

#81A3C5

accent

#95DC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27438

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

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