#B3742E#B3742E

#B3742E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.115 H 65.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3742E
RGB	rgb(179, 116, 46)
HSL	hsl(32, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(32, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 74.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, 18.68, 47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 50.65, 68.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% 0.0487 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.115 65.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3309, 22.2741, 5.5495)
Luminance	0.2227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3742E #2E6DB3

analogous

#B3322E #B3742E #B0B32E

triadic

#B3742E #2EB374 #742EB3

tetradic

#B3742E #2EB332 #2E6DB3 #B32EB0

square

#B3742E #2EB332 #2E6DB3 #B32EB0

split-complementary

#B3742E #2EB0B3 #322EB3

monochromatic

#523515 #825421 #B3742E #D1934D #DEB07E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#B3742E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#B3742E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3742E

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3742E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3742E	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)

#887925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3742e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 116, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.115 65.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9c6b',
    500: '#b3742e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3742e;
$custom-light: #cf9c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3742e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.579,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61305,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 65.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3742E

secondary

#769CC6

accent

#90E246

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3742E

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

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