#B2842C#B2842C

#B2842C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.116 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2842C
RGB	rgb(178, 132, 44)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 75.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, 9.22, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 52.58, 79.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% 0.0207 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.116 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0678, 26.1514, 6.0045)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2842C #2C5AB2

analogous

#B2412C #B2842C #9DB22C

triadic

#B2842C #2CB284 #842CB2

tetradic

#B2842C #2CB241 #2C5AB2 #B22C9D

square

#B2842C #2CB241 #2C5AB2 #B22C9D

split-complementary

#B2842C #2C9DB2 #412CB2

monochromatic

#503B14 #816020 #B2842C #D2A349 #DEBC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#B2842C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#B2842C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B2842C

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2842C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2842C	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)

#96851F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2842c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 132, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.116 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea76b',
    500: '#b2842c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2842c;
$custom-light: #cea76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2842c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.403,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64288,
    "c": 0.1161,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2842C

secondary

#7390C6

accent

#7BE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2842C

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

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