#B3873F#B3873F

#B3873F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.104 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3873F
RGB	rgb(179, 135, 63)
HSL	hsl(37, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 64.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, 9.05, 44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 45.19, 78.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.0227 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.104 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1532, 27.2725, 8.4830)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3873F #3F6BB3

analogous

#B34D3F #B3873F #A5B33F

triadic

#B3873F #3FB387 #873FB3

tetradic

#B3873F #3FB34D #3F6BB3 #B33FA5

square

#B3873F #3FB34D #3F6BB3 #B33FA5

split-complementary

#B3873F #3FA5B3 #4D3FB3

monochromatic

#58431F #86652F #B3873F #C9A466 #D9BF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B3873F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#B3873F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3873F

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3873F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3873F	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	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)

#988838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3873f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 135, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.104 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda977',
    500: '#b3873f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3873f;
$custom-light: #cda977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3873f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.241,
    "s": 47.934,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65184,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3873F

secondary

#89A0C4

accent

#84D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3873F

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

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