#B27F55#B27F55

#B27F55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.085 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27F55
RGB	rgb(178, 127, 85)
HSL	hsl(27, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(27, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, 14.82, 30.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 33.95, 64.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.0429 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.085 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5906, 25.3016, 12.0231)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27F55 #5588B2

analogous

#B2555A #B27F55 #B2AE55

triadic

#B27F55 #55B27F #7F55B2

tetradic

#B27F55 #5AB255 #5588B2 #AE55B2

square

#B27F55 #5AB255 #5588B2 #AE55B2

split-complementary

#B27F55 #55B2AE #555AB2

monochromatic

#61442C #8B613F #B27F55 #C59F7F #D8BEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#B27F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#B27F55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27F55

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27F55	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 127, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.085 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca485',
    500: '#b27f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27f55;
$custom-light: #cca485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.097,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63799,
    "c": 0.08544,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27F55

secondary

#9DB3C6

accent

#99CE5A

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#140F0B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27F55

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

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