#B2872B#B2872B

#B2872B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.118 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2872B
RGB	rgb(178, 135, 43)
HSL	hsl(41, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 75.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, 7.50, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 53.45, 81.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% 0.0157 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.118 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4619, 26.9694, 6.0443)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2872B #2B56B2

analogous

#B2432B #B2872B #99B22B

triadic

#B2872B #2BB287 #872BB2

tetradic

#B2872B #2BB243 #2B56B2 #B22B99

square

#B2872B #2BB243 #2B56B2 #B22B99

split-complementary

#B2872B #2B99B2 #432BB2

monochromatic

#4F3C13 #81621F #B2872B #D3A648 #DFBE79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#B2872B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#B2872B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B2872B

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2872B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2872B	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99871D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2872b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 135, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.118 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda96b',
    500: '#b2872b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2872b;
$custom-light: #cda96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2872b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.889,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64886,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2872B

secondary

#728DC7

accent

#77E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2872B

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

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