#B3851A#B3851A

#B3851A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.126 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3851A
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 26)
HSL	hsl(42, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 85%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 85.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, 8.46, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 59.07, 81.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% 0.0166 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.126 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1663, 26.4355, 4.6488)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3851A #1A48B3

analogous

#B3391A #B3851A #94B31A

triadic

#B3851A #1AB385 #851AB3

tetradic

#B3851A #1AB339 #1A48B3 #B31A94

square

#B3851A #1AB339 #1A48B3 #B31A94

split-complementary

#B3851A #1A94B3 #391AB3

monochromatic

#48360A #7E5D12 #B3851A #E0A92A #E8BF60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#B3851A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#B3851A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3851A

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3851A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3851A	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)

#988600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3851a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.126 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa863',
    500: '#b3851a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3851a;
$custom-light: #cfa863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3851a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.961,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6449,
    "c": 0.12563,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3851A

secondary

#5D7ECC

accent

#6FF137

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3851A

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

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