#B3822C#B3822C

#B3822C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.116 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3822C
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 44)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 75.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, 10.77, 51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 52.54, 78.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64% 0.0252 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.116 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0295, 25.7330, 5.9258)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3822C #2C5DB3

analogous

#B33E2C #B3822C #A0B32C

triadic

#B3822C #2CB382 #822CB3

tetradic

#B3822C #2CB33E #2C5DB3 #B32CA0

square

#B3822C #2CB33E #2C5DB3 #B32CA0

split-complementary

#B3822C #2CA0B3 #3E2CB3

monochromatic

#513B14 #825E20 #B3822C #D2A14A #DFBA7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B3822C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#B3822C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3822C

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3822C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3822C	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95841F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3822c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.116 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea66b',
    500: '#b3822c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3822c;
$custom-light: #cea66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3822c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.222,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64002,
    "c": 0.1162,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3822C

secondary

#7492C7

accent

#7EE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3822C

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

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