#B3812A#B3812A

#B3812A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.117 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3812A
RGB	rgb(179, 129, 42)
HSL	hsl(38, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, 11.24, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 53.19, 77.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% 0.0263 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.117 77)
XYZ	xyz(26.8605, 25.4536, 5.6884)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3812A #2A5CB3

analogous

#B33C2A #B3812A #A0B32A

triadic

#B3812A #2AB381 #812AB3

tetradic

#B3812A #2AB33C #2A5CB3 #B32AA0

square

#B3812A #2AB33C #2A5CB3 #B32AA0

split-complementary

#B3812A #2AA0B3 #3C2AB3

monochromatic

#503A13 #815D1E #B3812A #D4A046 #DFBA78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#B3812A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#B3812A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3812A

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3812A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3812A	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94831D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3812a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 129, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.117 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea56a',
    500: '#b3812a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3812a;
$custom-light: #cea56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3812a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.102,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63787,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.25451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3812A

secondary

#7291C7

accent

#7EE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3812A

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

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