#B3822E#B3822E

#B3822E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.115 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3822E
RGB	rgb(179, 130, 46)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 74.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, 10.87, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 51.74, 77.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% 0.0257 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.115 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0680, 25.7484, 6.1286)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3822E #2E5FB3

analogous

#B3402E #B3822E #A2B32E

triadic

#B3822E #2EB382 #822EB3

tetradic

#B3822E #2EB340 #2E5FB3 #B32EA2

square

#B3822E #2EB340 #2E5FB3 #B32EA2

split-complementary

#B3822E #2EA2B3 #402EB3

monochromatic

#523B15 #825F21 #B3822E #D1A14D #DEBA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B3822E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#B3822E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3822E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3822E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3822E	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)

#948422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3822e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 130, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.115 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea66c',
    500: '#b3822e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3822e;
$custom-light: #cea66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3822e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64018,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3822E

secondary

#7694C6

accent

#7FE246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3822E

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

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