#B3873C#B3873C

#B3873C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.106 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3873C
RGB	rgb(179, 135, 60)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 66.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, 8.86, 45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 46.55, 79.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% 0.0217 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.106 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0717, 27.2399, 8.0534)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3873C #3C68B3

analogous

#B34B3C #B3873C #A4B33C

triadic

#B3873C #3CB387 #873CB3

tetradic

#B3873C #3CB34B #3C68B3 #B33CA4

square

#B3873C #3CB34B #3C68B3 #B33CA4

split-complementary

#B3873C #3CA4B3 #4B3CB3

monochromatic

#57421D #85642D #B3873C #CAA462 #DABE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B3873C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#B3873C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3873C

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3873C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3873C	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3873c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 135, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.106 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda975',
    500: '#b3873c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3873c;
$custom-light: #cda975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3873c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.815,
    "s": 49.791,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65151,
    "c": 0.10649,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3873C

secondary

#869DC5

accent

#82D94E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3873C

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

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