#B3853E#B3853E

#B3853E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.105 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3853E
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 62)
HSL	hsl(36, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 65.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, 10.10, 44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 45.32, 77.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% 0.0257 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.105 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8491, 26.7086, 8.2450)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3853E #3E6CB3

analogous

#B34A3E #B3853E #A7B33E

triadic

#B3853E #3EB385 #853EB3

tetradic

#B3853E #3EB34A #3E6CB3 #B33EA7

square

#B3853E #3EB34A #3E6CB3 #B33EA7

split-complementary

#B3853E #3EA7B3 #4A3EB3

monochromatic

#58411F #86632E #B3853E #CAA265 #D9BD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#B3853E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#B3853E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3853E

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3853E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3853E	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3853e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.105 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda876',
    500: '#b3853e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3853e;
$custom-light: #cda876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3853e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.41,
    "s": 48.548,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64772,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3853E

secondary

#88A0C5

accent

#85D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3853E

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

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