#B3842E#B3842E

#B3842E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.115 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3842E
RGB	rgb(179, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 74.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, 9.75, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 52.02, 79.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.0225 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.115 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3366, 26.2856, 6.2181)
Luminance	0.2628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3842E #2E5DB3

analogous

#B3422E #B3842E #A0B32E

triadic

#B3842E #2EB384 #842EB3

tetradic

#B3842E #2EB342 #2E5DB3 #B32EA0

square

#B3842E #2EB342 #2E5DB3 #B32EA0

split-complementary

#B3842E #2EA0B3 #422EB3

monochromatic

#523C15 #826021 #B3842E #D1A24D #DEBC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#B3842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#B3842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3842E

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3842E	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)

#968522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.115 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea76c',
    500: '#b3842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3842e;
$custom-light: #cea76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.797,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64417,
    "c": 0.11539,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3842E

secondary

#7693C6

accent

#7DE246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3842E

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

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