#B3822D#B3822D

#B3822D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.116 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3822D
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 45)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 74.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 10.82, 51.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 52.14, 78.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% 0.0255 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.116 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0485, 25.7406, 6.0260)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3822D #2D5EB3

analogous

#B33F2D #B3822D #A1B32D

triadic

#B3822D #2DB382 #822DB3

tetradic

#B3822D #2DB33F #2D5EB3 #B32DA1

square

#B3822D #2DB33F #2D5EB3 #B32DA1

split-complementary

#B3822D #2DA1B3 #3F2DB3

monochromatic

#513B14 #825E21 #B3822D #D2A14B #DEBA7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B3822D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#B3822D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3822D

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3822D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3822D	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)

#948421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3822d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.116 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea66b',
    500: '#b3822d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3822d;
$custom-light: #cea66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3822d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.06,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6401,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3822D

secondary

#7593C7

accent

#7FE345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3822D

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

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