#B3872B#B3872B

#B3872B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.118 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3872B
RGB	rgb(179, 135, 43)
HSL	hsl(41, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 76%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 7.95, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 53.66, 81.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65% 0.0169 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.118 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6922, 27.0881, 6.0551)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3872B #2B57B3

analogous

#B3432B #B3872B #9BB32B

triadic

#B3872B #2BB387 #872BB3

tetradic

#B3872B #2BB343 #2B57B3 #B32B9B

square

#B3872B #2BB343 #2B57B3 #B32B9B

split-complementary

#B3872B #2B9BB3 #432BB3

monochromatic

#503D13 #82621F #B3872B #D3A648 #DFBE79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B3872B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#B3872B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3872B

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3872B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3872B	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)

#99881D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3872b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 135, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.118 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea96b',
    500: '#b3872b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3872b;
$custom-light: #cea96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3872b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.588,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64996,
    "c": 0.11795,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3872B

secondary

#738EC7

accent

#77E443

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3872B

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

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