#B3851C#B3851C

#B3851C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.125 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3851C
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 28)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 84.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, 8.52, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 58.49, 81.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% 0.0169 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.125 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1894, 26.4447, 4.7707)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3851C #1C4AB3

analogous

#B3391C #B3851C #95B31C

triadic

#B3851C #1CB385 #851CB3

tetradic

#B3851C #1CB339 #1C4AB3 #B31C95

square

#B3851C #1CB339 #1C4AB3 #B31C95

split-complementary

#B3851C #1C95B3 #391CB3

monochromatic

#49360B #7E5E14 #B3851C #DEA92E #E7BE63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#B3851C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#B3851C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3851C

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3851C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3851C	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)

#A39122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3851c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.125 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa863',
    500: '#b3851c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3851c;
$custom-light: #cfa863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3851c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.722,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.645,
    "c": 0.12484,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3851C

secondary

#5F80CB

accent

#70F038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3851C

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

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