#B27938#B27938

#B27938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.108 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27938
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(32, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, 15.98, 43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 46.40, 69.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% 0.0422 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.108 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9131, 23.4275, 6.8978)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27938 #3871B2

analogous

#B23C38 #B27938 #AEB238

triadic

#B27938 #38B279 #7938B2

tetradic

#B27938 #38B23C #3871B2 #B238AE

square

#B27938 #38B23C #3871B2 #B238AE

split-complementary

#B27938 #38AEB2 #3C38B2

monochromatic

#553A1B #835929 #B27938 #CC975C #DAB58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#B27938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#B27938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27938

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27938	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.108 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9f71',
    500: '#b27938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27938;
$custom-light: #cd9f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.967,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62235,
    "c": 0.1077,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27938

secondary

#81A1C5

accent

#8FDC4C

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27938

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

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