#B3842D#B3842D

#B3842D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.116 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3842D
RGB	rgb(179, 132, 45)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 74.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.30, 9.71, 51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.30, 52.42, 79.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% 0.0222 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.116 79)
XYZ	xyz(27.3172, 26.2778, 6.1155)
Luminance	0.2628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3842D #2D5CB3

analogous

#B3412D #B3842D #9FB32D

triadic

#B3842D #2DB384 #842DB3

tetradic

#B3842D #2DB341 #2D5CB3 #B32D9F

square

#B3842D #2DB341 #2D5CB3 #B32D9F

split-complementary

#B3842D #2D9FB3 #412DB3

monochromatic

#513C14 #826021 #B3842D #D2A34B #DEBC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#B3842D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#B3842D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3842D

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3842D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3842D	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3842d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 132, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.116 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea76c',
    500: '#b3842d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3842d;
$custom-light: #cea76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3842d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.955,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64409,
    "c": 0.11599,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.26276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3842D

secondary

#7592C7

accent

#7CE345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3842D

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

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