#B27742#B27742

#B27742 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.101 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27742
RGB	rgb(178, 119, 66)
HSL	hsl(28, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, 17.75, 38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 41.98, 64.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% 0.049 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.101 61.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9420, 23.0542, 8.2368)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27742 #427DB2

analogous

#B24245 #B27742 #B2AF42

triadic

#B27742 #42B277 #7742B2

tetradic

#B27742 #45B242 #427DB2 #AF42B2

square

#B27742 #45B242 #427DB2 #AF42B2

split-complementary

#B27742 #42B2AF #4245B2

monochromatic

#593B21 #855931 #B27742 #C8966A #D8B596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#B27742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#B27742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27742

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27742	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 119, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.101 61.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9e78',
    500: '#b27742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27742;
$custom-light: #cd9e78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.393,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61974,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 61.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27742

secondary

#8CA9C4

accent

#97D652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27742

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

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