#B27C38#B27C38

#B27C38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.107 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27C38
RGB	rgb(178, 124, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(33, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, 14.30, 44.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 46.63, 72.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.0373 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.107 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2833, 24.1680, 7.0212)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27C38 #386EB2

analogous

#B23F38 #B27C38 #ABB238

triadic

#B27C38 #38B27C #7C38B2

tetradic

#B27C38 #38B23F #386EB2 #B238AB

square

#B27C38 #38B23F #386EB2 #B238AB

split-complementary

#B27C38 #38ABB2 #3F38B2

monochromatic

#553B1B #835C29 #B27C38 #CC9A5C #DAB78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#B27C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#B27C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27C38

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27C38	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 124, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.107 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda172',
    500: '#b27c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27c38;
$custom-light: #cda172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.443,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62816,
    "c": 0.10748,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27C38

secondary

#819FC5

accent

#8CDC4C

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27C38

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

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