#B27A31#B27A31

#B27A31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.112 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27A31
RGB	rgb(178, 122, 49)
HSL	hsl(34, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.5%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, 15.04, 47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 49.43, 72.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% 0.0384 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.112 70)
XYZ	xyz(25.8759, 23.6080, 6.0991)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27A31 #3169B2

analogous

#B23931 #B27A31 #AAB231

triadic

#B27A31 #31B27A #7A31B2

tetradic

#B27A31 #31B239 #3169B2 #B231AA

square

#B27A31 #31B239 #3169B2 #B231AA

split-complementary

#B27A31 #31AAB2 #3931B2

monochromatic

#523817 #825924 #B27A31 #CF9851 #DCB581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#B27A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#B27A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27A31

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27A31	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)

#8D7E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 122, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.112 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea06d',
    500: '#b27a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27a31;
$custom-light: #cea06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.953,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62357,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.23606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27A31

secondary

#799AC5

accent

#8AE048

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27A31

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

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