#B27738#B27738

#B27738 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.108 H 65.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27738
RGB	rgb(178, 119, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(31, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 17.10, 43.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 46.30, 68.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% 0.0455 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.108 65.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6726, 22.9464, 6.8176)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27738 #3873B2

analogous

#B23A38 #B27738 #B0B238

triadic

#B27738 #38B277 #7738B2

tetradic

#B27738 #38B23A #3873B2 #B238B0

square

#B27738 #38B23A #3873B2 #B238B0

split-complementary

#B27738 #38B0B2 #3A38B2

monochromatic

#55391B #835829 #B27738 #CC955C #DAB48A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B27738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#B27738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27738

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27738	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26969

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 119, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.108 65.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9e71',
    500: '#b27738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27738;
$custom-light: #cd9e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.984,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61852,
    "c": 0.10799,
    "h": 65.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27738

secondary

#81A2C5

accent

#92DC4C

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27738

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

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