#B27931#B27931

#B27931 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.112 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27931
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 49)
HSL	hsl(33, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(33, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, 15.59, 46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 49.36, 71.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.0401 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.112 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7537, 23.3637, 6.0584)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27931 #316AB2

analogous

#B23831 #B27931 #ABB231

triadic

#B27931 #31B279 #7931B2

tetradic

#B27931 #31B238 #316AB2 #B231AB

square

#B27931 #31B238 #316AB2 #B231AB

split-complementary

#B27931 #31ABB2 #3831B2

monochromatic

#523817 #825824 #B27931 #CF9751 #DCB481

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#B27931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#B27931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27931

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27931	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.112 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9f6d',
    500: '#b27931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27931;
$custom-light: #ce9f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.488,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62164,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27931

secondary

#799BC5

accent

#8BE048

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27931

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

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