#B3843E#B3843E

#B3843E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.104 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3843E
RGB	rgb(179, 132, 62)
HSL	hsl(36, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 65.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, 10.65, 43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 45.18, 76.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% 0.0273 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.104 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7129, 26.4361, 8.1996)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3843E #3E6DB3

analogous

#B3493E #B3843E #A8B33E

triadic

#B3843E #3EB384 #843EB3

tetradic

#B3843E #3EB349 #3E6DB3 #B33EA8

square

#B3843E #3EB349 #3E6DB3 #B33EA8

split-complementary

#B3843E #3EA8B3 #493EB3

monochromatic

#58411F #86622E #B3843E #CAA165 #D9BD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#B3843E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#B3843E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3843E

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3843E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3843E	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3843e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 132, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.104 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda776',
    500: '#b3843e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3843e;
$custom-light: #cda776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3843e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.897,
    "s": 48.548,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64573,
    "c": 0.10436,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3843E

secondary

#88A0C5

accent

#86D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3843E

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

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