#B3872A#B3872A

#B3872A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.119 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3872A
RGB	rgb(179, 135, 42)
HSL	hsl(41, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, 7.91, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 54.04, 81.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% 0.0167 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.119 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6741, 27.0809, 5.9596)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3872A #2A56B3

analogous

#B3422A #B3872A #9AB32A

triadic

#B3872A #2AB387 #872AB3

tetradic

#B3872A #2AB342 #2A56B3 #B32A9A

square

#B3872A #2AB342 #2A56B3 #B32A9A

split-complementary

#B3872A #2A9AB3 #422AB3

monochromatic

#503C13 #81621E #B3872A #D4A646 #DFBE78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B3872A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#B3872A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3872A

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3872A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3872A	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99881B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3872a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 135, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.119 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea96a',
    500: '#b3872a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3872a;
$custom-light: #cea96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3872a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.73,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64989,
    "c": 0.11853,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3872A

secondary

#728DC7

accent

#77E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3872A

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

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