#B2823B#B2823B

#B2823B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.106 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2823B
RGB	rgb(178, 130, 59)
HSL	hsl(36, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 66.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, 11.14, 44.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 45.98, 75.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% 0.0284 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.106 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1339, 25.7481, 7.6776)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2823B #3B6BB2

analogous

#B2463B #B2823B #A7B23B

triadic

#B2823B #3BB282 #823BB2

tetradic

#B2823B #3BB246 #3B6BB2 #B23BA7

square

#B2823B #3BB246 #3B6BB2 #B23BA7

split-complementary

#B2823B #3BA7B2 #463BB2

monochromatic

#563F1D #84602C #B2823B #CA9F60 #DABB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B2823B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#B2823B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B2823B

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2823B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2823B	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2823b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 130, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.106 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda674',
    500: '#b2823b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2823b;
$custom-light: #cda674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2823b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.798,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64028,
    "c": 0.10569,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2823B

secondary

#859EC4

accent

#86DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2823B

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

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