#B3842A#B3842A

#B3842A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.118 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3842A
RGB	rgb(179, 132, 42)
HSL	hsl(39, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(39, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, 9.57, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 53.58, 79.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% 0.0215 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.118 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2614, 26.2555, 5.8221)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3842A #2A59B3

analogous

#B33F2A #B3842A #9DB32A

triadic

#B3842A #2AB384 #842AB3

tetradic

#B3842A #2AB33F #2A59B3 #B32A9D

square

#B3842A #2AB33F #2A59B3 #B32A9D

split-complementary

#B3842A #2A9DB3 #3F2AB3

monochromatic

#503B13 #815F1E #B3842A #D4A346 #DFBC78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#B3842A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#B3842A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3842A

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3842A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3842A	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96851C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3842a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 132, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.118 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea76a',
    500: '#b3842a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3842a;
$custom-light: #cea76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3842a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.416,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64385,
    "c": 0.11774,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3842A

secondary

#728FC7

accent

#7AE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3842A

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

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