#B27940#B27940

#B27940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.102 H 63.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27940
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 64)
HSL	hsl(30, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(30, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, 16.49, 39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 42.93, 67.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.0449 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.102 63.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1246, 23.5121, 8.0119)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27940 #4079B2

analogous

#B24040 #B27940 #B2B240

triadic

#B27940 #40B279 #7940B2

tetradic

#B27940 #40B240 #4079B2 #B240B2

square

#B27940 #40B240 #4079B2 #B240B2

split-complementary

#B27940 #40B2B2 #4040B2

monochromatic

#583C20 #855A30 #B27940 #C89867 #D8B694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#B27940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#B27940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27940

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27940	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16C6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.102 63.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9f77',
    500: '#b27940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27940;
$custom-light: #cd9f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6233,
    "c": 0.10226,
    "h": 63.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27940

secondary

#8AA7C4

accent

#94D751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27940

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

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