#B3742C#B3742C

#B3742C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.116 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3742C
RGB	rgb(179, 116, 44)
HSL	hsl(32, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(32, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 75.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, 18.58, 47.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 51.44, 68.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% 0.0481 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.116 65.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2924, 22.2587, 5.3467)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3742C #2C6BB3

analogous

#B3302C #B3742C #AEB32C

triadic

#B3742C #2CB374 #742CB3

tetradic

#B3742C #2CB330 #2C6BB3 #B32CAE

square

#B3742C #2CB330 #2C6BB3 #B32CAE

split-complementary

#B3742C #2CAEB3 #302CB3

monochromatic

#513414 #825420 #B3742C #D2934A #DFB07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#B3742C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#B3742C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3742C

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3742C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3742C	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3742c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 116, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.116 65.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9c6a',
    500: '#b3742c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3742c;
$custom-light: #cf9c6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3742c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61288,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 65.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3742C

secondary

#749BC7

accent

#8FE444

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3742C

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

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