#B27828#B27828

#B27828 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.117 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27828
RGB	rgb(178, 120, 40)
HSL	hsl(35, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(35, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 77.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, 15.74, 50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 52.86, 72.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% 0.0392 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.117 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4615, 23.0534, 5.1159)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27828 #2862B2

analogous

#B23328 #B27828 #A7B228

triadic

#B27828 #28B278 #7828B2

tetradic

#B27828 #28B233 #2862B2 #B228A7

square

#B27828 #28B233 #2862B2 #B228A7

split-complementary

#B27828 #28A7B2 #3328B2

monochromatic

#4E3512 #80561D #B27828 #D59743 #E0B375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#B27828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#B27828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27828

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27828	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)

#8C7C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26A68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 120, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.117 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9f68',
    500: '#b27828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27828;
$custom-light: #ce9f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.783,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61894,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27828

secondary

#6F94C7

accent

#87E641

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27828

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

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