#B27849#B27849

#B27849 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.096 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27849
RGB	rgb(178, 120, 73)
HSL	hsl(27, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(27, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.46, 17.71, 34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.46, 38.98, 62.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% 0.0499 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.096 58.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2808, 23.3811, 9.4309)
Luminance	0.2338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27849 #4983B2

analogous

#B2494F #B27849 #B2AD49

triadic

#B27849 #49B278 #7849B2

tetradic

#B27849 #4FB249 #4983B2 #AD49B2

square

#B27849 #4FB249 #4983B2 #AD49B2

split-complementary

#B27849 #49B2AD #494FB2

monochromatic

#5B3D25 #875B37 #B27849 #C59873 #D7B89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#B27849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#B27849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27849

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27849	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897D45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16C6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 120, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.096 58.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9f7d',
    500: '#b27849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27849;
$custom-light: #cc9f7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.857,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62263,
    "c": 0.09617,
    "h": 58.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27849

secondary

#93AEC4

accent

#9AD256

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#140E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27849

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

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