#B3812B#B3812B

#B3812B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.117 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3812B
RGB	rgb(179, 129, 43)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 76%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, 11.29, 51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 52.80, 77.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.0266 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.117 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8786, 25.4608, 5.7838)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3812B #2B5DB3

analogous

#B33D2B #B3812B #A1B32B

triadic

#B3812B #2BB381 #812BB3

tetradic

#B3812B #2BB33D #2B5DB3 #B32BA1

square

#B3812B #2BB33D #2B5DB3 #B32BA1

split-complementary

#B3812B #2BA1B3 #3D2BB3

monochromatic

#503A13 #825D1F #B3812B #D3A048 #DFBA79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#B3812B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#B3812B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3812B

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3812B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3812B	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)

#94831E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3812b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 129, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.117 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea56a',
    500: '#b3812b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3812b;
$custom-light: #cea56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3812b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.941,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63795,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3812B

secondary

#7392C7

accent

#7FE443

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3812B

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

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