#B1822B#B1822B

#B1822B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.116 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1822B
RGB	rgb(177, 130, 43)
HSL	hsl(39, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(39, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 75.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, 9.84, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 52.46, 79.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% 0.0225 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.116 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5519, 25.4889, 5.8064)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1822B #2B5AB1

analogous

#B13F2B #B1822B #9DB12B

triadic

#B1822B #2BB182 #822BB1

tetradic

#B1822B #2BB13F #2B5AB1 #B12B9D

square

#B1822B #2BB13F #2B5AB1 #B12B9D

split-complementary

#B1822B #2B9DB1 #3F2BB1

monochromatic

#4F3A13 #805E1F #B1822B #D2A147 #DEBA78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#B1822B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#B1822B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B1822B

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1822B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1822B	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94831E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1822b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 130, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.116 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda66a',
    500: '#b1822b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1822b;
$custom-light: #cda66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1822b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.955,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63765,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1822B

secondary

#728FC6

accent

#7CE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1822B

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

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