#B27A42#B27A42

#B27A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.101 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27A42
RGB	rgb(178, 122, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(30, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.5%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 16.07, 38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 42.10, 67.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% 0.044 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.101 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3047, 23.7796, 8.3577)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27A42 #427AB2

analogous

#B24242 #B27A42 #B2B242

triadic

#B27A42 #42B27A #7A42B2

tetradic

#B27A42 #42B242 #427AB2 #B242B2

square

#B27A42 #42B242 #427AB2 #B242B2

split-complementary

#B27A42 #42B2B2 #4242B2

monochromatic

#593D21 #855B31 #B27A42 #C8996A #D8B796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#B27A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#B27A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27A42

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27A42	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16D6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 122, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.101 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda078',
    500: '#b27a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27a42;
$custom-light: #cda078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62548,
    "c": 0.10067,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27A42

secondary

#8CA8C4

accent

#94D652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27A42

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

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