#B3842C#B3842C

#B3842C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.117 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3842C
RGB	rgb(179, 132, 44)
HSL	hsl(39, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 75.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, 9.66, 51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 52.81, 79.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% 0.022 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.117 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2981, 26.2702, 6.0153)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3842C #2C5BB3

analogous

#B3402C #B3842C #9EB32C

triadic

#B3842C #2CB384 #842CB3

tetradic

#B3842C #2CB340 #2C5BB3 #B32C9E

square

#B3842C #2CB340 #2C5BB3 #B32C9E

split-complementary

#B3842C #2C9EB3 #402CB3

monochromatic

#513C14 #826020 #B3842C #D2A34A #DFBC7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#B3842C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#B3842C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3842C

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3842C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3842C	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)

#96851F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1912F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3842c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 132, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.117 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea76b',
    500: '#b3842c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3842c;
$custom-light: #cea76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3842c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.111,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64401,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3842C

secondary

#7491C7

accent

#7CE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3842C

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

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