#B3842B#B3842B

#B3842B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.117 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3842B
RGB	rgb(179, 132, 43)
HSL	hsl(39, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 76%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, 9.62, 52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 53.20, 79.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% 0.0217 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.117 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2796, 26.2628, 5.9175)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3842B #2B5AB3

analogous

#B3402B #B3842B #9EB32B

triadic

#B3842B #2BB384 #842BB3

tetradic

#B3842B #2BB340 #2B5AB3 #B32B9E

square

#B3842B #2BB340 #2B5AB3 #B32B9E

split-complementary

#B3842B #2B9EB3 #402BB3

monochromatic

#503B13 #82601F #B3842B #D3A348 #DFBC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#B3842B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#B3842B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3842B

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3842B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3842B	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)

#96851D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1912F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3842b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 132, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.117 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea76b',
    500: '#b3842b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3842b;
$custom-light: #cea76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3842b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.265,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64393,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3842B

secondary

#7390C7

accent

#7BE443

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3842B

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

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