#B27F42#B27F42

#B27F42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.100 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27F42
RGB	rgb(178, 127, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, 13.27, 40.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 42.48, 71.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.0357 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.1 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9345, 25.0392, 8.5677)
Luminance	0.2504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27F42 #4275B2

analogous

#B24742 #B27F42 #ADB242

triadic

#B27F42 #42B27F #7F42B2

tetradic

#B27F42 #42B247 #4275B2 #B242AD

square

#B27F42 #42B247 #4275B2 #B242AD

split-complementary

#B27F42 #42ADB2 #4742B2

monochromatic

#593F21 #855F31 #B27F42 #C89D6A #D8BA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#B27F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#B27F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27F42

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27F42	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90823C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 127, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.100 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda478',
    500: '#b27f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27f42;
$custom-light: #cda478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.679,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63519,
    "c": 0.10026,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27F42

secondary

#8CA5C4

accent

#8ED652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27F42

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

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