#B3873A#B3873A

#B3873A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.108 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3873A
RGB	rgb(179, 135, 58)
HSL	hsl(38, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 67.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, 8.73, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 47.43, 79.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.0211 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.108 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0198, 27.2192, 7.7802)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3873A #3A66B3

analogous

#B34B3A #B3873A #A3B33A

triadic

#B3873A #3AB387 #873AB3

tetradic

#B3873A #3AB34B #3A66B3 #B33AA3

square

#B3873A #3AB34B #3A66B3 #B33AA3

split-complementary

#B3873A #3AA3B3 #4B3AB3

monochromatic

#57411C #85642B #B3873A #CBA45F #DABE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B3873A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#B3873A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3873A

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3873A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3873A	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3873a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 135, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.108 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea974',
    500: '#b3873a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3873a;
$custom-light: #cea974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3873a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 51.055,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6513,
    "c": 0.108,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3873A

secondary

#849CC5

accent

#81DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3873A

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

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