Clay Brown#B2713D

#B2713D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.107 H 57.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Clay Brown — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#B2713D
RGB	rgb(178, 113, 61)
HSL	hsl(27, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(27, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.5%, 65.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.62, 20.76, 38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.62, 44.10, 61.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% 0.0572 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.107 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1094, 21.6145, 7.2636)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2713D #3D7EB2

analogous

#B23D43 #B2713D #B2AC3D

triadic

#B2713D #3DB271 #713DB2

tetradic

#B2713D #43B23D #3D7EB2 #AC3DB2

square

#B2713D #43B23D #3D7EB2 #AC3DB2

split-complementary

#B2713D #3DB2AC #3D43B2

monochromatic

#57371E #84542D #B2713D #C99063 #D9B190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B2713D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#B2713D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B2713D

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2713D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2713D	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2713d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 113, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.107 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9a74',
    500: '#b2713d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2713d;
$custom-light: #cd9a74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2713d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60782,
    "c": 0.10654,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2713D

secondary

#87A9C4

accent

#9CD94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2713D

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

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