#B3862A#B3862A

#B3862A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.118 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3862A
RGB	rgb(179, 134, 42)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(40, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, 8.46, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 53.88, 80.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% 0.0183 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.118 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5352, 26.8032, 5.9133)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3862A #2A57B3

analogous

#B3412A #B3862A #9BB32A

triadic

#B3862A #2AB386 #862AB3

tetradic

#B3862A #2AB341 #2A57B3 #B32A9B

square

#B3862A #2AB341 #2A57B3 #B32A9B

split-complementary

#B3862A #2A9BB3 #412AB3

monochromatic

#503C13 #81611E #B3862A #D4A546 #DFBD78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#B3862A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#B3862A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3862A

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3862A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3862A	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98871B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3862a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 134, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.118 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea96a',
    500: '#b3862a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3862a;
$custom-light: #cea96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3862a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.292,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64787,
    "c": 0.11824,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3862A

secondary

#728EC7

accent

#78E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3862A

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

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