#B27949#B27949

#B27949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.096 H 59.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27949
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 73)
HSL	hsl(27, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(27, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, 17.15, 35.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 38.99, 63.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% 0.0482 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.096 59.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4017, 23.6229, 9.4712)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27949 #4982B2

analogous

#B2494D #B27949 #B2AE49

triadic

#B27949 #49B279 #7949B2

tetradic

#B27949 #4DB249 #4982B2 #AE49B2

square

#B27949 #4DB249 #4982B2 #AE49B2

split-complementary

#B27949 #49B2AE #494DB2

monochromatic

#5B3E25 #875B37 #B27949 #C59973 #D7B89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#B27949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#B27949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27949

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27949	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7E45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16D6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.096 59.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9f7d',
    500: '#b27949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27949;
$custom-light: #cc9f7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.429,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62453,
    "c": 0.09589,
    "h": 59.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27949

secondary

#93ADC4

accent

#99D256

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#140E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27949

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

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