#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
RGBrgb(178, 121, 73)
HSLhsl(27, 42%, 49%)
HSVhsv(27, 59%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 32%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(55.71, 17.15, 35.02)
CIE-LCHlch(55.71, 38.99, 63.91°)
OKLaboklab(62.45% 0.0482 0.0829)
OKLCHoklch(62.45% 0.096 59.8)
XYZxyz(26.4017, 23.6229, 9.4712)
Luminance0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##B279491.003.675.725.72
#FFFFFF3.671.0021.0021.00
#0000005.7221.001.001.00
##0000005.7221.001.001.00

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

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#B27949 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva