#B27921#B27921

#B27921 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.121 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27921
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 33)
HSL	hsl(36, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(36, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, 14.91, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 55.45, 74.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.036 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.121 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4739, 23.2518, 4.5850)
Luminance	0.2325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27921 #215AB2

analogous

#B23121 #B27921 #A3B221

triadic

#B27921 #21B279 #7921B2

tetradic

#B27921 #21B231 #215AB2 #B221A3

square

#B27921 #21B231 #215AB2 #B221A3

split-complementary

#B27921 #21A3B2 #3121B2

monochromatic

#4B330E #7E5617 #B27921 #DA9A36 #E3B46A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#B27921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#B27921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27921

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27921	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7C10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26A68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.121 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9f64',
    500: '#b27921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27921;
$custom-light: #ce9f64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.414,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62039,
    "c": 0.12069,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27921

secondary

#668DC9

accent

#81EC3C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27921

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

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