#B3873D#B3873D

#B3873D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.106 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3873D
RGB	rgb(179, 135, 61)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 65.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, 8.92, 45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 46.10, 78.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.0221 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.106 78)
XYZ	xyz(28.0984, 27.2506, 8.1939)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3873D #3D69B3

analogous

#B34C3D #B3873D #A4B33D

triadic

#B3873D #3DB387 #873DB3

tetradic

#B3873D #3DB34C #3D69B3 #B33DA4

square

#B3873D #3DB34C #3D69B3 #B33DA4

split-complementary

#B3873D #3DA4B3 #4C3DB3

monochromatic

#58421E #85652D #B3873D #CAA463 #D9BE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B3873D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#B3873D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3873D

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3873D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3873D	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)

#988835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2933F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3873d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 135, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.106 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda976',
    500: '#b3873d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3873d;
$custom-light: #cda976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3873d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.627,
    "s": 49.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65162,
    "c": 0.10574,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.27249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3873D

secondary

#879EC5

accent

#82D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3873D

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

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