#B1812C#B1812C

#B1812C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.115 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1812C
RGB	rgb(177, 129, 44)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 75.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, 10.44, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 51.93, 78.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.0244 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.115 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4381, 25.2316, 5.8601)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1812C #2C5CB1

analogous

#B13E2C #B1812C #9EB12C

triadic

#B1812C #2CB181 #812CB1

tetradic

#B1812C #2CB13E #2C5CB1 #B12C9E

square

#B1812C #2CB13E #2C5CB1 #B12C9E

split-complementary

#B1812C #2C9EB1 #3E2CB1

monochromatic

#4F3A14 #805D20 #B1812C #D2A049 #DEBA7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#B1812C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#B1812C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B1812C

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1812C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1812C	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1812c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 129, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.115 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda56b',
    500: '#b1812c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1812c;
$custom-light: #cda56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1812c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.346,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63573,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1812C

secondary

#7391C6

accent

#7EE344

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1812C

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

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