#B2842B#B2842B

#B2842B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.117 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2842B
RGB	rgb(178, 132, 43)
HSL	hsl(40, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(40, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 75.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, 9.17, 52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 52.97, 80.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% 0.0205 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.117 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0492, 26.1440, 5.9067)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2842B #2B59B2

analogous

#B2412B #B2842B #9CB22B

triadic

#B2842B #2BB284 #842BB2

tetradic

#B2842B #2BB241 #2B59B2 #B22B9C

square

#B2842B #2BB241 #2B59B2 #B22B9C

split-complementary

#B2842B #2B9CB2 #412BB2

monochromatic

#4F3B13 #815F1F #B2842B #D3A348 #DFBC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#B2842B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#B2842B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B2842B

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2842B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2842B	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96851D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2842b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 132, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.117 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea76b',
    500: '#b2842b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2842b;
$custom-light: #cea76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2842b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.556,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6428,
    "c": 0.11669,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2842B

secondary

#728FC7

accent

#7AE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2842B

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

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