#B3872F#B3872F

#B3872F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.116 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3872F
RGB	rgb(179, 135, 47)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 73.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, 8.14, 51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 52.09, 81.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% 0.0179 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.116 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7693, 27.1189, 6.4607)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3872F #2F5BB3

analogous

#B3452F #B3872F #9DB32F

triadic

#B3872F #2FB387 #872FB3

tetradic

#B3872F #2FB345 #2F5BB3 #B32F9D

square

#B3872F #2FB345 #2F5BB3 #B32F9D

split-complementary

#B3872F #2F9DB3 #452FB3

monochromatic

#523E16 #836222 #B3872F #D1A54F #DDBE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B3872F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#B3872F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3872F

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3872F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3872F	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)

#998823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3872f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 135, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.116 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea96d',
    500: '#b3872f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3872f;
$custom-light: #cea96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3872f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 58.407,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65028,
    "c": 0.11552,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3872F

secondary

#7892C6

accent

#7AE246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3872F

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

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