#B27D42#B27D42

#B27D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.100 H 67.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27D42
RGB	rgb(178, 125, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(32, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, 14.39, 39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 42.30, 70.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.039 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.1 67.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6788, 24.5277, 8.4824)
Luminance	0.2453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27D42 #4277B2

analogous

#B24542 #B27D42 #AFB242

triadic

#B27D42 #42B27D #7D42B2

tetradic

#B27D42 #42B245 #4277B2 #B242AF

square

#B27D42 #42B245 #4277B2 #B242AF

split-complementary

#B27D42 #42AFB2 #4542B2

monochromatic

#593E21 #855E31 #B27D42 #C89B6A #D8B996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#B27D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#B27D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27D42

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27D42	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E803C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1716F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 125, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.100 67.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda278',
    500: '#b27d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27d42;
$custom-light: #cda278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.607,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63128,
    "c": 0.10032,
    "h": 67.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27D42

secondary

#8CA6C4

accent

#90D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF3ED

border

#D3CDC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27D42

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

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