#B3821C#B3821C

#B3821C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.124 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3821C
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 28)
HSL	hsl(41, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(41, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 84.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, 10.18, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 58.11, 79.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% 0.0217 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.124 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7846, 25.6350, 4.6358)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3821C #1C4DB3

analogous

#B3371C #B3821C #98B31C

triadic

#B3821C #1CB382 #821CB3

tetradic

#B3821C #1CB337 #1C4DB3 #B31C98

square

#B3821C #1CB337 #1C4DB3 #B31C98

split-complementary

#B3821C #1C98B3 #371CB3

monochromatic

#49350B #7E5C14 #B3821C #DEA52E #E7BC63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#B3821C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#B3821C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3821C

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3821C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3821C	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19021

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3746F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3821c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.124 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa663',
    500: '#b3821c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3821c;
$custom-light: #cfa663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3821c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.53,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63898,
    "c": 0.12416,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3821C

secondary

#5F82CB

accent

#74F038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3821C

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

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