#B27D38#B27D38

#B27D38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.107 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27D38
RGB	rgb(178, 125, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(34, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, 13.74, 44.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 46.72, 72.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% 0.0356 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.107 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4093, 24.4199, 7.0632)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27D38 #386DB2

analogous

#B24038 #B27D38 #AAB238

triadic

#B27D38 #38B27D #7D38B2

tetradic

#B27D38 #38B240 #386DB2 #B238AA

square

#B27D38 #38B240 #386DB2 #B238AA

split-complementary

#B27D38 #38AAB2 #4038B2

monochromatic

#553C1B #835C29 #B27D38 #CC9B5C #DAB78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#B27D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#B27D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27D38

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27D38	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1706E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 125, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.107 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda272',
    500: '#b27d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27d38;
$custom-light: #cda272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.934,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63011,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27D38

secondary

#819EC5

accent

#8BDC4C

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27D38

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

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