#B3822A#B3822A

#B3822A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.117 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3822A
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 42)
HSL	hsl(39, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(39, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, 10.69, 52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 53.31, 78.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% 0.0247 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.117 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9928, 25.7183, 5.7325)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3822A #2A5BB3

analogous

#B33D2A #B3822A #9FB32A

triadic

#B3822A #2AB382 #822AB3

tetradic

#B3822A #2AB33D #2A5BB3 #B32A9F

square

#B3822A #2AB33D #2A5BB3 #B32A9F

split-complementary

#B3822A #2A9FB3 #3D2AB3

monochromatic

#503A13 #815E1E #B3822A #D4A146 #DFBA78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B3822A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#B3822A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3822A

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3822A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3822A	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95841C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3822a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.117 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea66a',
    500: '#b3822a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3822a;
$custom-light: #cea66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3822a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.54,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63986,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3822A

secondary

#7290C7

accent

#7DE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3822A

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

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